Which to use
“players” and “prayers” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #507
- “players” frequency rank
- #5,900
- “prayers” frequency rank
- 6407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | players | prayers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of player | plural of prayer |
Where the eye mixes players and prayers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: players vs prayers
A purely visual mix-up. players (/ˈpleɪɚz/) and prayers (/pɹɛɹz/) 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 a single letter - l in “players” becomes r in “prayers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
players is recorded at frequency rank #507, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpleɪɚz/. prayers is at rank #5,900, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɹɛɹz/.
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 6407, this pair ranks #511,556 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of players vs prayers
Shared letters: aeprsy. Private to "players": l. Private to "prayers": -.
"players" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCC · "prayers" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "players" for "prayers" ever safe?
Which is more common, "players" or "prayers"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "players" and "prayers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "players" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prayers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #511,556 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "players" and "prayers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "placer vs players". 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 #511,556 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.