ladavsladetWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#46,098
“lada” frequency rank
#34,229
“ladet” frequency rank
80327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lada ladet
Definition Gebäude auf Bauernhöfen zum Lagern von Stroh, Heu und andere landwirtschaftliche Produkte 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden

Letter map: lada vs ladet

Shared letters muted; letters that set lada and ladet apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lada runs 4 letters (CVCV) against ladet's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
lada
5 ch
ladet

Role in the sentence - lada and ladet

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lada is anoun and ladetaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lada is recorded at frequency rank #46,098, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ladet is at rank #34,229, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlaːdət].

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 80327, this pair ranks #197,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lada vs ladet

Shared letters: adl. Private to "lada": -. Private to "ladet": et.

"lada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "ladet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lada ← laad · ladda · ldaa · llada
  • ladet ← aldet · laddet · ladett · ladte · laedt · ldaet · lladet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lada" and "ladet" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lada" is a noun and "ladet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lada" or "ladet" show up more?
"ladet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,229 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.

After this comparison

Pair "lada" vs "ladet" 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 "ladet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lada" and "ladet" 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 #197,907 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