Which to use
“page” and “pages” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #791
- “page” frequency rank
- #2,402
- “pages” frequency rank
- 3193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | page | pages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document. | plural of page |
Where the eye mixes page and pages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. page (/peɪd͡ʒ/) and pages (/ˈpeɪd͡ʒɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “page” sits inside “pages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
page is recorded at frequency rank #791, classified as anoun, pronounced /peɪd͡ʒ/. pages is at rank #2,402, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpeɪd͡ʒɪz/.
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 3193, this pair ranks #522,833 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of page vs pages
Shared letters: aegp. Private to "page": -. Private to "pages": s.
"page" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC