Which to use
“plage” and “prägen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,073
- “plage” frequency rank
- #11,728
- “prägen” frequency rank
- 35801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plage | prägen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs plagen | mit einer bildlichen Darstellung, einem oder mehreren Schriftzeichen, Symbolen oder einem Muster jedweder Art versehen, wobei durch Druck mit dazu angemessenen Werkzeugen oder Maschinen der Oberfläche von tauglichem Material – wie beispielsweise Metall, Papier, Leder – reliefartig eine bestimmte Form gegeben wird |
Where the eye mixes plage and prägen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. plage runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against prägen's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between plage and prägen
A purely visual mix-up. plage ([ˈplaːɡə]) and prägen ([ˈpʁɛːɡn̩]) 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 35801, 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]. prägen is at rank #11,728, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpʁɛːɡn̩].
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 35801, this pair ranks #1,631,190 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plage vs prägen
Shared letters: egp. Private to "plage": al. Private to "prägen": nrä.
"plage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prägen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plage ← lpage · palge · plaeg · plagge · plgae · pllage · pplage
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plage" and "prägen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "plage" vs "prägen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "plage" and "prägen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prägen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,631,190 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plage" and "prägen" 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 #1,631,190 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.