Which to use
“planten” is a verb and “plants” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,804
- “planten” frequency rank
- #49,962
- “plants” frequency rank
- 78766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | planten | plants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs planen | Plural des Substantivs plant |
Letter map: planten vs plants
Shared letters muted; letters that set planten and plants apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. planten runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against plants's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for planten / plants
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: planten is averb and plantsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
planten is recorded at frequency rank #28,804, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈplaːntn̩]. plants is at rank #49,962, tagged as anoun, 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 78766, this pair ranks #231,087 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of planten vs plants
Shared letters: alnpt. Private to "planten": e. Private to "plants": s.
"planten" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "plants" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "planten" for "plants" ever safe?
Frequency check: "planten" vs "plants" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "planten" and "plants".
- Full dictionary entry for "planten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,087 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "planten" and "plants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plants 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 #231,087 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.