Which to use
“Laken” is a noun and “late” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,291
- “Laken” frequency rank
- #14,348
- “late” frequency rank
- 49639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Laken | late |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | großes Tuch, mit dem eine Matratze abgedeckt wird | spät |
Letter map: Laken vs late
Shared letters muted; letters that set Laken and late apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Laken runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against late's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Laken / late
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Laken is anoun and lateanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Laken is recorded at frequency rank #35,291, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaːkn̩]. 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 49639, this pair ranks #1,203,874 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Laken vs late
Shared letters: ael. Private to "Laken": kn. Private to "late": t.
"Laken" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Laken" for "late" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Laken" or "late"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Laken" and "late".
- Full dictionary entry for "Laken" 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 #1,203,874 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Laken" and "late" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Laken vs Lasern". 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 #1,203,874 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.