Which to use
“spaces” is a verb and “späte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,421
- “spaces” frequency rank
- #11,757
- “späte” frequency rank
- 50178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | spaces | späte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs space | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spät |
Letter map: spaces vs späte
Shared letters muted; letters that set spaces and späte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - spaces and späte
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: spaces is averb and späteanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
spaces is recorded at frequency rank #38,421, classified as averb, pronounced […]. späte is at rank #11,757, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃpɛːtə].
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 50178, this pair ranks #1,183,634 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of spaces vs späte
Shared letters: eps. Private to "spaces": ac. Private to "späte": tä.
"spaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "späte" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- spaces ← psaces · sapces · spacces · spacess · spacse · spaecs · spcaes · sppaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "spaces" and "späte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "spaces" or "späte" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "spaces" and "späte".
- Full dictionary entry for "spaces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "späte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,183,634 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "spaces" and "späte" 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 #1,183,634 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.