Which to use
“Ländle” and “Lanze” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,058
- “Ländle” frequency rank
- #22,413
- “Lanze” frequency rank
- 66471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Ländle | Lanze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Bundesland Baden-Württemberg (die Landschaft Schwaben) | Waffe für den Nahkampf (als Stoßwaffe), aber auch im Fernkampf (als Wurfwaffe) wie ein Speer einsetzbar; lange Stange (mehrere Meter) mit einer Spitze aus besonders hartem Material |
Where the eye mixes Ländle and Lanze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Ländle runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against Lanze's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Ländle vs Lanze
A purely visual mix-up. Ländle ([ˈlɛntlə]) and Lanze ([ˈlant͡sə]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Ländle is recorded at frequency rank #44,058, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlɛntlə]. Lanze is at rank #22,413, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlant͡sə].
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 66471, this pair ranks #572,112 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Ländle vs Lanze
Shared letters: eln. Private to "Ländle": dä. Private to "Lanze": az.
"Ländle" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "Lanze" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Lanze ← alnze · lanez · lannze · lanzze · lazne · llanze · lnaze
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Ländle" and "Lanze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Ländle" or "Lanze" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Ländle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lanze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #572,112 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Ländle" and "Lanze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ländle vs Lands". 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 #572,112 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.