Which to use
“landete” is a verb and “längere” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,585
- “landete” frequency rank
- #3,468
- “längere” frequency rank
- 12053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | landete | längere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs landen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Komparativs des Adjektivs lang |
Where the eye mixes landete and längere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: landete vs längere
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: landete is [ˈlandətə] while längere is [ˈlɛŋəʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12053, 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]. längere is at rank #3,468, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈlɛŋəʁə].
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 12053, this pair ranks #1,966,456 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of landete vs längere
Shared letters: eln. Private to "landete": adt. Private to "längere": grä.
"landete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "längere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- landete ← alndete · ladnete · landdete · landeet · landette · landtee · lanedte · lanndete
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "landete" and "längere" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "landete" or "längere" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "landete" and "längere" 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 "längere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,966,456 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "landete" and "längere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "landete vs Landräte". 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 #1,966,456 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.