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Which to use

“lada” and “Lamas” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,098
“lada” frequency rank
#46,797
“Lamas” frequency rank
92895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lada Lamas
Definition Gebäude auf Bauernhöfen zum Lagern von Stroh, Heu und andere landwirtschaftliche Produkte Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lama

Letter map: lada vs Lamas

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

4 ch
lada
5 ch
Lamas

Corpus notes: lada and Lamas

lada and Lamas are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lada is recorded at frequency rank #46,098, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Lamas is at rank #46,797, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaːmas].

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 92895, this pair ranks #26,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lada vs Lamas

Shared letters: al. Private to "lada": d. Private to "Lamas": ms.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lada ← laad · ladda · ldaa · llada
  • Lamas ← almas · laams · lamass · lammas · lamsa · llamas · lmaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lada" and "Lamas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "lada" or "Lamas"?
"lada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,098 in our German list, against #46,797 for "Lamas". 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 "Lamas".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lamas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lada" and "Lamas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lamas vs lame". 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 #26,555 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