Which to use
“landete” and “landeten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,585
- “landete” frequency rank
- #18,611
- “landeten” frequency rank
- 27196
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | landete | landeten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs landen | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs landen |
Where the eye mixes landete and landeten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. landete runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against landeten's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: landete vs landeten
A purely visual mix-up. landete ([ˈlandətə]) and landeten ([ˈlandətn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “landete” sits inside “landeten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
landete is recorded at frequency rank #8,585, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlandətə]. landeten is at rank #18,611, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlandətn̩].
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 27196, this pair ranks #1,805,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of landete vs landeten
Shared letters: adelnt. Private to "landete": -. Private to "landeten": -.
"landete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "landeten" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "landete" and "landeten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "landete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "landeten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,805,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "landete" and "landeten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "landeten vs lauteten". 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 #1,805,726 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.