Which to use
“Planck” is a name and “plans” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,968
- “Planck” frequency rank
- #19,673
- “plans” frequency rank
- 35641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Planck | plans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | deutscher Nachname, Familienname | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs plan |
Letter map: Planck vs plans
Shared letters muted; letters that set Planck and plans apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - Planck and plans
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Planck is aname and plansaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Planck is recorded at frequency rank #15,968, classified as aname, pronounced […]. plans is at rank #19,673, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 35641, this pair ranks #1,635,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Planck vs plans
Shared letters: alnp. Private to "Planck": ck. Private to "plans": s.
"Planck" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "plans" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Planck" for "plans" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Planck" or "plans" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Planck" and "plans". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Planck" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,635,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Planck" and "plans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plans vs puzzles". 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 #1,635,148 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.