spaces vs Spass, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#38,421
“spaces” frequency rank: #524
“Spass” frequency rank: 38945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	spaces	Spass
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs space	Spaß

Letter map: spaces vs Spass

Shared letters muted; letters that set spaces and Spass apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

spaces

5 ch

Spass

Grammar separator: spaces vs Spass

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: spaces is averb and Spassanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

spaces is recorded at frequency rank #38,421, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Spass is at rank #524, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃpaːs].

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 38945, this pair ranks #1,550,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of spaces vs Spass

Shared letters: aps. Private to "spaces": ce. Private to "Spass": -.

"spaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Spass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

spaces ← psaces · sapces · spacces · spacess · spacse · spaecs · spcaes · sppaces
Spass ← psass · sapss · spas · spaß · sppass · spsas · sspass

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "spaces" and "Spass" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "spaces" is a verb and "Spass" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "spaces" or "Spass"?

"Spass" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #524 in our German list, against #38,421 for "spaces". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "spaces" and "Spass".

Full dictionary entry for "spaces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Spass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,550,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"spaces" and "Spass" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs spaces". 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 #1,550,383 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.