Which to use
“plage” and “planen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,073
- “plage” frequency rank
- #3,612
- “planen” frequency rank
- 27685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plage | planen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs plagen | zukünftige Handlungen ausarbeiten; sich Gedanken darüber machen, wie eine künftige Sache gut durchgeführt werden kann |
Where the eye mixes plage and planen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses plage with planen
A purely visual mix-up. plage ([ˈplaːɡə]) and planen ([ˈplaːnən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plage is recorded at frequency rank #24,073, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈplaːɡə]. planen is at rank #3,612, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈplaːnən].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27685, this pair ranks #1,797,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plage vs planen
Shared letters: aelp. Private to "plage": g. Private to "planen": n.
"plage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "planen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plage" and "planen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "plage" or "planen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "plage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "planen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,797,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plage" and "planen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plage vs plata". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,797,627 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.