landetenvslängerenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: landeten is a verb, längeren is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“landeten” is a verb and “längeren” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,611
“landeten” frequency rank
#5,009
“längeren” frequency rank
23620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature landeten längeren
Definition 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs landen Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs lang

Where the eye mixes landeten and längeren

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. landeten and längeren follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
landeten
8 ch
längeren

Look-alike desk: landeten vs längeren

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: landeten is [ˈlandətn̩] while längeren is [ˈlɛŋəʁən]. 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 23620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

landeten is recorded at frequency rank #18,611, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlandətn̩]. längeren is at rank #5,009, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈlɛŋəʁən].

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 23620, this pair ranks #1,858,842 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of landeten vs längeren

Shared letters: eln. Private to "landeten": adt. Private to "längeren": grä.

"landeten" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "längeren" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • landeten ← alndeten · ladneten · landdeten · landeetn · landetenn · landetne · landetten · landteen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "landeten" and "längeren" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "landeten" is a verb and "längeren" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "landeten" or "längeren"?
"längeren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,009 in our German list, against #18,611 for "landeten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "landeten" and "längeren" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "landeten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "längeren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,858,842 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "landeten" and "längeren" 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 #1,858,842 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