Which to use
“Laien” is a noun and “late” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,234
- “Laien” frequency rank
- #14,348
- “late” frequency rank
- 23582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Laien | late |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Laie | spät |
Letter map: Laien vs late
Shared letters muted; letters that set Laien and late apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - Laien and late
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Laien is anoun and lateanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Laien is recorded at frequency rank #9,234, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaɪ̯ən]. 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 23582, this pair ranks #1,859,357 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Laien vs late
Shared letters: ael. Private to "Laien": in. Private to "late": t.
"Laien" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "Laien" and "late". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Laien" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "late" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,859,357 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Laien" and "late" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "late 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
Confusion rank #1,859,357 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.