Which to use
“lang” and “langem” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #403
- “lang” frequency rank
- #4,284
- “langem” frequency rank
- 4687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lang | langem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | große Ausmaße, große räumliche Ausmaße habend; über große Ausmaße, große Ausdehnung verfügend | Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs lang |
Where the eye mixes lang and langem
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lang vs langem
A purely visual mix-up. lang ([laŋ]) and langem ([ˈlaŋəm]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “lang” sits inside “langem”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lang is recorded at frequency rank #403, classified as anadj, pronounced [laŋ]. langem is at rank #4,284, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈlaŋəm].
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 4687, this pair ranks #1,996,987 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lang vs langem
Shared letters: agln. Private to "lang": -. Private to "langem": em.
"lang" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "langem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lang" and "langem" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lang" vs "langem" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lang" and "langem" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lang" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "langem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,996,987 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lang" and "langem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lame vs lang". 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 #1,996,987 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.