Which to use
“Planck” is a name and “planes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,968
- “Planck” frequency rank
- #45,514
- “planes” frequency rank
- 61482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Planck | planes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | deutscher Nachname, Familienname | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan |
Letter map: Planck vs planes
Shared letters muted; letters that set Planck and planes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - Planck and planes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Planck is aname and planesanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Planck is recorded at frequency rank #15,968, classified as aname, pronounced […]. planes is at rank #45,514, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈplaːnəs].
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 61482, this pair ranks #748,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Planck vs planes
Shared letters: alnp. Private to "Planck": ck. Private to "planes": es.
"Planck" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "planes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Planck" for "planes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Planck" vs "planes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "Planck" vs "planes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Planck" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "planes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #748,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Planck" and "planes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planes vs plants". 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 #748,134 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.