Which to use
“pages” and “places” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,402
- “pages” frequency rank
- #998
- “places” frequency rank
- 3400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pages | places |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of page | plural of place |
Where the eye mixes pages and places
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. pages (/ˈpeɪd͡ʒɪz/) and places (/ˈpleɪsɪz/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pages is recorded at frequency rank #2,402, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpeɪd͡ʒɪz/. places is at rank #998, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpleɪsɪz/.
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 3400, this pair ranks #522,225 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pages vs places
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "pages": g. Private to "places": cl.
"pages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "places" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC