ladetvslateWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ladet is a verb, late is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ladet” is a verb and “late” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,229
“ladet” frequency rank
#14,348
“late” frequency rank
48577
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ladet late
Definition 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden spät

Letter map: ladet vs late

Shared letters muted; letters that set ladet and late apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
ladet
4 ch
late

Grammar separator: ladet vs late

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ladet is averb and lateanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48577, 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]. late is at rank #14,348, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 48577, this pair ranks #1,243,344 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ladet vs late

Shared letters: aelt. Private to "ladet": d. Private to "late": -.

"ladet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ladetaldet · laddet · ladett · ladte · laedt · ldaet · lladet
  • latelaet · llate · ltae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ladet" and "late" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ladet" is a verb and "late" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ladet" vs "late" - which ranks higher?
"late" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,348 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "ladet" and "late". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ladet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "late" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,243,344 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ladet" and "late" 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 #1,243,344 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