landetevsLandräteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,585
“landete” frequency rank
#45,417
“Landräte” frequency rank
54002
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature landete Landräte
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs landen Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Landrat

Where the eye mixes landete and Landräte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
landete
8 ch
Landräte

Look-alike desk: landete vs Landräte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: landete is [ˈlandətə] while Landräte is [ˈlantˌʁɛːtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54002, 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]. Landräte is at rank #45,417, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlantˌʁɛːtə].

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 54002, this pair ranks #1,035,909 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of landete vs Landräte

Shared letters: adelnt. Private to "landete": -. Private to "Landräte": .

"landete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "Landräte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • landetealndete · ladnete · landdete · landeet · landette · landtee · lanedte · lanndete

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "landete" for "Landräte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "landete" is a verb and "Landräte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "landete" or "Landräte" show up more?
"landete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,585 in our German list, against #45,417 for "Landräte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "landete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Landräte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,035,909 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "landete" and "Landräte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Landräte vs Landtage". 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 #1,035,909 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