Which to use
“Tage” is a noun and “tapes” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #371
- “Tage” frequency rank
- #41,496
- “tapes” frequency rank
- 41867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Tage | tapes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tag | 2. Person Singular Präsens Konjunktiv des Verbs tapar |
Letter map: Tage vs tapes
Shared letters muted; letters that set Tage and tapes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Tage runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tapes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Tage / tapes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tage is anoun and tapesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Tage is recorded at frequency rank #371, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaːɡə]. tapes is at rank #41,496, 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 41867, this pair ranks #1,466,674 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Tage vs tapes
Shared letters: aet. Private to "Tage": g. Private to "tapes": ps.
"Tage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tapes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Tage" and "tapes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Tage" or "tapes" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Tage" and "tapes".
- Full dictionary entry for "Tage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tapes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,466,674 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Tage" and "tapes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tapes". 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 #1,466,674 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.