Lage vs largo, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#584
“Lage” frequency rank: #49,040
“largo” frequency rank: 49624
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Lage	largo
Definition	Stelle, an der etwas liegt	breit

Letter map: Lage vs largo

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lage and largo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

Lage

5 ch

largo

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lage is anoun and largoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lage is recorded at frequency rank #584, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaːɡə]. largo is at rank #49,040, tagged as anadj, 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 49624, this pair ranks #1,204,426 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lage vs largo

Shared letters: agl. Private to "Lage": e. Private to "largo": or.

"Lage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

Lage ← alge · laeg · lagge · lgae · llage
largo ← alrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Lage" and "largo" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lage" is a noun and "largo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Lage" or "largo"?

"Lage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #584 in our German list, against #49,040 for "largo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "Lage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "largo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,204,426 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Lage" and "largo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largo 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

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