# play

> German word · Verb · IPA [pleɪ] · frequency rank #3,206

## Definitions
1. spielen

## Easily confused with
- **PLZ** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-plz)
- **psa** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-psa)
- **plus** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-plus)
- **Prag** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-prag)
- **pony** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-pony)
- **plug** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-plug)
- **plot** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-plot)
- **Plön** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-plon)
- **plaza** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-plaza)
- **plays** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-plays)
- **polar** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-polar)
- **playa** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-playa)
- **Player** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/play-vs-player)
- **PA** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pa-vs-play)
- **par** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/par-vs-play)
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pay-vs-play)
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pas-vs-play)
- **pan** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pan-vs-play)
- **Pia** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pia-vs-play)
- **pal** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pal-vs-play)

## Common misspellings (6)
`lpay`, `paly`, `playy`, `pllay`, `plya`, `pplay`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/play