ladetvslandetWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#34,229
“ladet” frequency rank
#5,617
“landet” frequency rank
39846
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ladet landet
Definition 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs landen

Where the eye mixes ladet and landet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ladet runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against landet's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
ladet
6 ch
landet

Visual trap between ladet and landet

A purely visual mix-up. ladet ([ˈlaːdət]) and landet ([ˈlandət]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ladet is recorded at frequency rank #34,229, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlaːdət]. landet is at rank #5,617, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlandət].

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 39846, this pair ranks #1,525,230 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ladet vs landet

Shared letters: adelt. Private to "ladet": -. Private to "landet": n.

"ladet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "landet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ladet ← aldet · laddet · ladett · ladte · laedt · ldaet · lladet
  • landet ← alndet · ladnet · landdet · landett · landte · lanedt · lanndet · llandet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ladet" and "landet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈlaːdət] versus [ˈlandət]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "ladet" or "landet" show up more?
"landet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,617 in our German list, against #34,229 for "ladet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ladet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "landet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,525,230 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ladet" and "landet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ladet 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 #1,525,230 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