ladiesvslangesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#9,941
“ladies” frequency rank
#7,500
“langes” frequency rank
17441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ladies langes
Definition Plural des Substantivs lady Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs lang

Letter map: ladies vs langes

Shared letters muted; letters that set ladies and langes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
ladies
6 ch
langes

Grammar separator: ladies vs langes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ladies is anoun and langesanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ladies is recorded at frequency rank #9,941, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. langes is at rank #7,500, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈlaŋəs].

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 17441, this pair ranks #1,927,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ladies vs langes

Shared letters: aels. Private to "ladies": di. Private to "langes": gn.

"ladies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "langes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ladiesaldies · laddies · ladeis · ladiess · ladise · laides · ldaies · lladies
  • langesalnges · lagnes · lanegs · langess · langges · langse · lannges · llanges

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ladies" and "langes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ladies" is a noun and "langes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ladies" or "langes" show up more?
"langes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,500 in our German list, against #9,941 for "ladies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "ladies" vs "langes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ladies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "langes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,927,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ladies" and "langes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ladies 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 #1,927,380 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