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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plants" and "shared" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "plants" or "shared"?
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.