lädtvslamWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: lädt is a verb, lam is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lädt” is a verb and “lam” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,980
“lädt” frequency rank
#31,656
“lam” frequency rank
35636
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lädt lam
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden Genitiv Plural des Substantivs lama

Letter map: lädt vs lam

Shared letters muted; letters that set lädt and lam apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
lädt
3 ch
lam

Role in the sentence - lädt and lam

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lädt is averb and lamanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lädt is recorded at frequency rank #3,980, classified as averb, pronounced [lɛːt]. lam is at rank #31,656, tagged as anoun, 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 35636, this pair ranks #1,635,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lädt vs lam

Shared letters: l. Private to "lädt": dtä. Private to "lam": am.

"lädt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "lam" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lädt" and "lam" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lädt" is a verb and "lam" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lädt" or "lam" show up more?
"lädt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,980 in our German list, against #31,656 for "lam". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "lädt" and "lam". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lädt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,635,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lädt" and "lam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lam vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,635,280 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