Which to use
“plunged” and “plunges” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,209
- “plunged” frequency rank
- #37,160
- “plunges” frequency rank
- 54369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plunged | plunges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of plunge | third-person singular simple present indicative of plunge |
Letter map: plunged vs plunges
Shared letters muted; letters that set plunged and plunges apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. plunged and plunges follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on plunged vs plunges
plunged and plunges are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - d in “plunged” becomes s in “plunges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plunged is recorded at frequency rank #17,209, classified as averb, pronounced /plʌnd͡ʒd/. plunges is at rank #37,160, tagged as averb.
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 54369, this pair ranks #141,613 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plunged vs plunges
Shared letters: eglnpu. Private to "plunged": d. Private to "plunges": s.
"plunged" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "plunges" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "plunged" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plunges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,613 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plunged" and "plunges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plunges vs prunes". 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 #141,613 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.