ladavslassConfusable pair

Quick tell: lada is a noun, lass is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#46,098
“lada” frequency rank
#863
“lass” frequency rank
46961
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lada lass
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Letter map: lada vs lass

Shared letters muted; letters that set lada and lass apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
lada
4 ch
lass

Role in the sentence - lada and lass

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lada is anoun and lassanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lada is recorded at frequency rank #46,098, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. lass is at rank #863, tagged as anadj, pronounced [las].

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 46961, this pair ranks #1,301,003 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lada vs lass

Shared letters: al. Private to "lada": d. Private to "lass": s.

"lada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ladalaad · ladda · ldaa · llada
  • lassalss · laß · llass · lsas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lada" for "lass" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lada" is a noun and "lass" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lada" vs "lass" - which ranks higher?
"lass" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #863 in our German list, against #46,098 for "lada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "lada" vs "lass" 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 "lass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,301,003 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lada" and "lass" 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 #1,301,003 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