Plantage

/[planˈtaːʒə]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,736

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Plantage is aGermannoun. It means: forst- oder landwirtschaftlicher Großbetrieb, der Monokulturen anbaut Pronounced [planˈtaːʒə]. Often confused with plante and Plantagen.

Key facts for Plantage
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlantage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[planˈtaːʒə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,736
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Plantage in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Plantage is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [planˈtaːʒə]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,736 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "forst- oder landwirtschaftlicher Großbetrieb, der Monokulturen anbaut".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Plantage, with forms such as "lpantage", "palntage", and "planatge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "plante", "Plantagen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Plantage, spelled P-L-A-N-T-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    forst- oder landwirtschaftlicher Großbetrieb, der Monokulturen anbaut

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpantage,palntage,planatge,planntage,plantaeg,plantagge,plantgae,planttage,platnage,pllantage,plnatage,pplantage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Plantage

Misspelling Variants of "Plantage"

lpantage8palntage8planatge8planntage9plantaeg8plantagge9plantgae8planttage9
Misspelling Variants of "Plantage"

Frequency rank: #29,736 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Plantage"?
"Plantage" is spelled P-L-A-N-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [planˈtaːʒə].
What does "Plantage" mean?
As a noun, "Plantage" means: forst- oder landwirtschaftlicher Großbetrieb, der Monokulturen anbaut
What words are commonly confused with "Plantage"?
"Plantage" is commonly confused with "plante", "Plantagen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Plantage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Plantage" is [planˈtaːʒə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Plantage" come from?
"Plantage" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.