plantsvssharedWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: plants is a noun, shared is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“plants” is a noun and “shared” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,962
“plants” frequency rank
#37,777
“shared” frequency rank
87739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature plants shared
Definition Plural des Substantivs plant Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs share

Letter map: plants vs shared

Shared letters muted; letters that set plants and shared apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
plants
6 ch
shared

Role in the sentence - plants and shared

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: plants is anoun and sharedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

plants is recorded at frequency rank #49,962, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. shared is at rank #37,777, 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 87739, this pair ranks #76,596 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of plants vs shared

Shared letters: as. Private to "plants": lnpt. Private to "shared": dehr.

"plants" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "shared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • plantslpants · palnts · plannts · plantss · plantts · platns · pllants · plnats
  • sharedhsared · sahred · shaerd · sharde · sharedd · sharred · shhared · shraed

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "plants" and "shared" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "plants" is a noun and "shared" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "plants" or "shared"?
"shared" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,777 in our German list, against #49,962 for "plants". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "plants" and "shared".

  • Full dictionary entry for "plants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "shared" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #76,596 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "plants" and "shared" 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 #76,596 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list