landevsLarveConfusable pair

Quick tell: lande is a verb, Larve is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lande” is a verb and “Larve” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,082
“lande” frequency rank
#39,496
“Larve” frequency rank
46578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lande Larve
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs landen Jugendstadium, das sich stark vom geschlechtsreifen Tier unterscheidet und oft keinerlei Ähnlichkeit damit hat

Where the eye mixes lande and Larve

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lande and Larve follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
lande
5 ch
Larve

Visual trap between lande and Larve

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lande is [ˈlandə] while Larve is [ˈlaʁfə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lande is recorded at frequency rank #7,082, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlandə]. Larve is at rank #39,496, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaʁfə].

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 46578, this pair ranks #1,314,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lande vs Larve

Shared letters: ael. Private to "lande": dn. Private to "Larve": rv.

"lande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Larve" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • landealnde · landde · laned · lannde · llande · lnade
  • Larvealrve · larev · larrve · larvve · lavre · llarve · lrave

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lande" for "Larve" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lande" is a verb and "Larve" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lande" vs "Larve" - which ranks higher?
"lande" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,082 in our German list, against #39,496 for "Larve". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "lande" and "Larve" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Larve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,314,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lande" and "Larve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lame vs Larve". 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 #1,314,284 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list