Which to use
“Land” and “Lenz” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #313
- “Land” frequency rank
- #11,920
- “Lenz” frequency rank
- 12233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Land | Lenz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die nicht von Meer bedeckte Erdoberfläche | die erste Jahreszeit, Frühling |
Where the eye mixes Land and Lenz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Land and Lenz follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Land with Lenz
A purely visual mix-up. Land ([lant]) and Lenz ([lɛnt͡s]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Land is recorded at frequency rank #313, classified as anoun, pronounced [lant]. Lenz is at rank #11,920, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lɛnt͡s].
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 12233, this pair ranks #1,965,420 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Land vs Lenz
Shared letters: ln. Private to "Land": ad. Private to "Lenz": ez.
"Land" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Lenz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Land" for "Lenz" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Land" vs "Lenz" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Land" and "Lenz" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Land" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lenz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,965,420 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Land" and "Lenz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lenz vs lenzen". 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 #1,965,420 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.