Which to use
“plants” is a noun and “taking” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,962
- “plants” frequency rank
- #47,767
- “taking” frequency rank
- 97729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plants | taking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs plant | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs take |
Letter map: plants vs taking
Shared letters muted; letters that set plants and taking apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. plants (CCVCCC) and taking (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for plants / taking
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: plants is anoun and takingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plants is recorded at frequency rank #49,962, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. taking is at rank #47,767, 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 97729, this pair ranks #2,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plants vs taking
Shared letters: ant. Private to "plants": lps. Private to "taking": gik.
"plants" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "taking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "plants" and "taking" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "plants" or "taking" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "plants" and "taking".
- Full dictionary entry for "plants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "taking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plants" and "taking" 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 #2,973 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.