LagervslateWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,895
“Lager” frequency rank
#14,348
“late” frequency rank
16243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lager late
Definition Raum oder Gebäude zur geordneten Unterbringung von Waren spät

Letter map: Lager vs late

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lager and late apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Lager
4 ch
late

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lager is anoun and lateanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lager is recorded at frequency rank #1,895, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaːɡɐ]. late is at rank #14,348, 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 16243, this pair ranks #1,937,431 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Lager vs late

Shared letters: ael. Private to "Lager": gr. Private to "late": t.

"Lager" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lageralger · laegr · lagerr · lagger · lagre · lgaer · llager
  • latelaet · llate · ltae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Lager" and "late" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lager" is a noun and "late" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Lager" or "late"?
"Lager" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,895 in our German list, against #14,348 for "late". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list