Which to use
“landen” and “landet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,755
- “landen” frequency rank
- #5,617
- “landet” frequency rank
- 9372
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | landen | landet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit einem Wasserfahrzeug ans Land gelangen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs landen |
Where the eye mixes landen and landet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. landen and landet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses landen with landet
A purely visual mix-up. landen ([ˈlandn̩]) and landet ([ˈlandət]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “landen” becomes t in “landet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
landen is recorded at frequency rank #3,755, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlandn̩]. landet is at rank #5,617, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlandət].
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 9372, this pair ranks #1,980,267 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of landen vs landet
Shared letters: adeln. Private to "landen": -. Private to "landet": t.
"landen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "landet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "landen" and "landet" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "landen" or "landet"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "landen" and "landet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "landen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "landet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,980,267 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "landen" and "landet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "landen 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 #1,980,267 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.