Which to use
“landete” and “lautete” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,585
- “landete” frequency rank
- #7,959
- “lautete” frequency rank
- 16544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | landete | lautete |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs landen | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lauten |
Where the eye mixes landete and lautete
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. landete (CVCCVCV) and lautete (CVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between landete and lautete
A purely visual mix-up. landete ([ˈlandətə]) and lautete ([ˈlaʊ̯tətə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16544, 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]. lautete is at rank #7,959, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlaʊ̯tətə].
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 16544, this pair ranks #1,934,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of landete vs lautete
Shared letters: aelt. Private to "landete": dn. Private to "lautete": u.
"landete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "lautete" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "landete" and "lautete" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "landete" or "lautete" show up more?
After this comparison
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 "lautete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,934,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "landete" and "lautete" 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 #1,934,973 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.