Which to use
“ladet” is a verb and “Luder” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,229
- “ladet” frequency rank
- #18,618
- “Luder” frequency rank
- 52847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ladet | Luder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden | totes Tier zum Anlocken von Raubtieren |
Where the eye mixes ladet and Luder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ladet and Luder follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ladet and Luder
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ladet is [ˈlaːdət] while Luder is [ˈluːdɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52847, 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]. Luder is at rank #18,618, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈluːdɐ].
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 52847, this pair ranks #1,080,985 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ladet vs Luder
Shared letters: del. Private to "ladet": at. Private to "Luder": ru.
"ladet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Luder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ladet" for "Luder" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "ladet" or "Luder" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ladet" and "Luder" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ladet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Luder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,080,985 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ladet" and "Luder" 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 #1,080,985 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.