Which to use
“lande” is a verb and “Laune” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,082
- “lande” frequency rank
- #4,136
- “Laune” frequency rank
- 11218
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lande | Laune |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs landen | Gemütszustand; wie sich jemand fühlt oder worauf jemand gerade Lust hat |
Where the eye mixes lande and Laune
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lande (CVCCV) and Laune (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: lande vs Laune
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lande is [ˈlandə] while Laune is [ˈlaʊ̯nə]. 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 11218, 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]. Laune is at rank #4,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaʊ̯nə].
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 11218, this pair ranks #1,971,044 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lande vs Laune
Shared letters: aeln. Private to "lande": d. Private to "Laune": u.
"lande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Laune" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lande" and "Laune" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "lande" or "Laune"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lande" and "Laune" 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 "Laune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,971,044 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lande" and "Laune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lame vs lande". 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 #1,971,044 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.