Which to use
“lada” is a noun and “lax” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,098
- “lada” frequency rank
- #43,323
- “lax” frequency rank
- 89421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lada | lax |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gebäude auf Bauernhöfen zum Lagern von Stroh, Heu und andere landwirtschaftliche Produkte | nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln) |
Letter map: lada vs lax
Shared letters muted; letters that set lada and lax apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lada runs 4 letters (CVCV) against lax's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for lada / lax
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lada is anoun and laxanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lada is recorded at frequency rank #46,098, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. lax is at rank #43,323, tagged as anadj, pronounced [laks].
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 89421, this pair ranks #57,461 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lada vs lax
Shared letters: al. Private to "lada": d. Private to "lax": x.
"lada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lax" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lada ← laad · ladda · ldaa · llada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lada" for "lax" ever safe?
Which is more common, "lada" or "lax"?
What to do next
You've compared "lada" and "lax". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lax" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,461 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lada" and "lax" 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 #57,461 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.