ladavslädstTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#46,098
“lada” frequency rank
#46,821
“lädst” frequency rank
92919
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: lada vs lädst

Shared letters muted; letters that set lada and lädst apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lada runs 4 letters (CVCV) against lädst's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
lada
5 ch
lädst

Part-of-speech tell for lada / lädst

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lada is anoun and lädstaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lada is recorded at frequency rank #46,098, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. lädst is at rank #46,821, tagged as averb, pronounced [lɛːt͡st].

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 92919, this pair ranks #26,366 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lada vs lädst

Shared letters: dl. Private to "lada": a. Private to "lädst": stä.

"lada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lädst" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lada ← laad · ladda · ldaa · llada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lada" and "lädst" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lada" is a noun and "lädst" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lada" or "lädst" show up more?
"lada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,098 in our German list, against #46,821 for "lädst". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lada" and "lädst".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lädst" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,366 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lada" and "lädst" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lädst vs lähmt". 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 #26,366 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