Which to use
“place” is a verb and “plaga” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,025
- “place” frequency rank
- #10,047
- “plaga” frequency rank
- 22072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | place | plaga |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de placer. | Conjunto de insectos, roedores, bacterias o cualquier ser vivo que se encuentra en una densidad tal que puede dañar o constituir una amenaza para el ser humano y su bienestar. |
Where the eye mixes place and plaga
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: place vs plaga
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: place is [ˈplase] while plaga is [ˈplaɣ̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
place is recorded at frequency rank #12,025, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈplase]. plaga is at rank #10,047, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈplaɣ̞a].
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 22072, this pair ranks #252,074 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of place vs plaga
Shared letters: alp. Private to "place": ce. Private to "plaga": g.
"place" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "plaga" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "place" and "plaga" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "place" or "plaga" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "place" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaga" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,074 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "place" and "plaga" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pence vs place". 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 #252,074 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.