lädtvsldWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: lädt is a verb, ld is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#3,980
“lädt” frequency rank
#40,065
“ld” frequency rank
44045
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lädt ld
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs laden Mathematik: Schreibweise für den Zweierlogarithmus, den Logarithmus zur Basis 2, Kurzform für log₂

Letter map: lädt vs ld

Shared letters muted; letters that set lädt and ld apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
lädt
2 ch
ld

Part-of-speech tell for lädt / ld

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lädt is averb and ldanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44045, 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]. ld is at rank #40,065, tagged as anabbrev.

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 44045, this pair ranks #1,398,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lädt vs ld

Shared letters: dl. Private to "lädt": . Private to "ld": -.

"lädt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "ld" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lädt" for "ld" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lädt" is a verb and "ld" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lädt" or "ld" show up more?
"lädt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,980 in our German list, against #40,065 for "ld". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "lädt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ld" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,398,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lädt" and "ld" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lai vs ld". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,398,812 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