Which to use
“lande” is a verb and “late” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,082
- “lande” frequency rank
- #14,348
- “late” frequency rank
- 21430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lande | late |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs landen | spät |
Letter map: lande vs late
Shared letters muted; letters that set lande and late apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: lande vs late
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lande is averb and lateanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21430, 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]. 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 21430, this pair ranks #1,886,344 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lande vs late
Shared letters: ael. Private to "lande": dn. Private to "late": t.
"lande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lande" and "late" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "lande" or "late" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "lande" 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 #1,886,344 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lande" 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 #1,886,344 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.