Which to use
“please” and “pleated” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #208
- “please” frequency rank
- #40,394
- “pleated” frequency rank
- 40602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | please | pleated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to. | simple past and past participle of pleat |
Where the eye mixes please and pleated
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between please and pleated
A purely visual mix-up. please (/pliːz/) and pleated (/ˈpliːtɪd/) 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 40602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
please is recorded at frequency rank #208, classified as averb, pronounced /pliːz/. pleated is at rank #40,394, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpliːtɪd/.
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 40602, this pair ranks #266,081 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of please vs pleated
Shared letters: aelp. Private to "please": s. Private to "pleated": dt.
"please" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "pleated" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "please" and "pleated" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "please" or "pleated"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "please" and "pleated" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "please" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pleated" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,081 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "please" and "pleated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pleaser vs pleated". 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 #266,081 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.