lädtvslawWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#3,980
“lädt” frequency rank
#8,097
“law” frequency rank
12077
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lädt law
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden Gesetz

Letter map: lädt vs law

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

4 ch
lädt
3 ch
law

Part-of-speech tell for lädt / law

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lädt is averb and lawanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12077, 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]. law is at rank #8,097, 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 12077, this pair ranks #1,966,304 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lädt vs law

Shared letters: l. Private to "lädt": dtä. Private to "law": aw.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lädt" for "law" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lädt" is a verb and "law" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "lädt" or "law"?
"lädt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,980 in our German list, against #8,097 for "law". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lädt" and "law".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lädt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "law" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,966,304 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lädt" and "law" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "law vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,966,304 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