ladavsladeTell them apart

Quick tell: lada is a noun, lade is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#46,098
“lada” frequency rank
#9,399
“lade” frequency rank
55497
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lada lade
Definition Gebäude auf Bauernhöfen zum Lagern von Stroh, Heu und andere landwirtschaftliche Produkte 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden

Letter map: lada vs lade

Shared letters muted; letters that set lada and lade apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
lada
4 ch
lade

Role in the sentence - lada and lade

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lada is anoun and ladeaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “lada” becomes e in “lade”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lada is recorded at frequency rank #46,098, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. lade is at rank #9,399, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlaːdə].

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 55497, this pair ranks #977,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lada vs lade

Shared letters: adl. Private to "lada": -. Private to "lade": e.

"lada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ladalaad · ladda · ldaa · llada
  • ladealde · ladde · laed · ldae · llade

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lada" and "lade" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lada" is a noun and "lade" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lada" or "lade" show up more?
"lade" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,399 in our German list, against #46,098 for "lada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "lada" vs "lade" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #977,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lada" and "lade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lada vs puzzles". 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 #977,257 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list