pleasurevssetTell them apart

Quick tell: pleasure is a noun, set is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pleasure” is a noun and “set” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,852
“pleasure” frequency rank
#3,995
“set” frequency rank
48847
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pleasure set
Definition das Vergnügen, das Wohlgefallen, das Behagen, die Freude Kardinalzahl zwischen sechs und acht

Letter map: pleasure vs set

Shared letters muted; letters that set pleasure and set apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

8 ch
pleasure
3 ch
set

Part-of-speech tell for pleasure / set

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pleasure is anoun and setanum. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pleasure is recorded at frequency rank #44,852, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. set is at rank #3,995, tagged as anum, 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 48847, this pair ranks #1,233,389 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pleasure vs set

Shared letters: es. Private to "pleasure": alpru. Private to "set": t.

"pleasure" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV  ·  "set" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pleasurelpeasure · pelasure · plaesure · pleasrue · pleassure · pleasuer · pleasurre · pleausre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pleasure" for "set" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pleasure" is a noun and "set" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "pleasure" vs "set" - which ranks higher?
"set" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,995 in our German list, against #44,852 for "pleasure". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pleasure" and "set".

  • Full dictionary entry for "pleasure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "set" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,233,389 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pleasure" and "set" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pleasure 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 #1,233,389 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