labels vs Ladens, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“labels” is a verb and “Ladens” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,640
“labels” frequency rank: #30,163
“Ladens” frequency rank: 47803
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	labels	Ladens
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs label	Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Laden

Letter map: labels vs Ladens

Shared letters muted; letters that set labels and Ladens apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

labels

6 ch

Ladens

Role in the sentence - labels and Ladens

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: labels is averb and Ladensanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

labels is recorded at frequency rank #17,640, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Ladens is at rank #30,163, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaːdn̩s].

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 47803, this pair ranks #1,271,414 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of labels vs Ladens

Shared letters: aels. Private to "labels": b. Private to "Ladens": dn.

"labels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "Ladens" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

labels ← albels · labbels · labells · labelss · labesl · lables · laebls · lbaels
Ladens ← aldens · laddens · ladenns · ladenss · ladesn · laedns · ldaens · lladens

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "labels" for "Ladens" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "labels" is a verb and "Ladens" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "labels" or "Ladens" show up more?

"labels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,640 in our German list, against #30,163 for "Ladens". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "labels" and "Ladens". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "labels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Ladens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,271,414 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"labels" and "Ladens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ladens vs Lesens". 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 #1,271,414 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.