Which to use
“lang” and “langes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #403
- “lang” frequency rank
- #7,500
- “langes” frequency rank
- 7903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lang | langes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | große Ausmaße, große räumliche Ausmaße habend; über große Ausmaße, große Ausdehnung verfügend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs lang |
Where the eye mixes lang and langes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses lang with langes
A purely visual mix-up. lang ([laŋ]) and langes ([ˈlaŋəs]) 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 “langes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lang is recorded at frequency rank #403, classified as anadj, pronounced [laŋ]. langes is at rank #7,500, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈlaŋəs].
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 7903, this pair ranks #1,986,401 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lang vs langes
Shared letters: agln. Private to "lang": -. Private to "langes": es.
"lang" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "langes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lang" and "langes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "lang" or "langes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lang" and "langes" 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 "langes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,986,401 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lang" and "langes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lands vs langes". 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 #1,986,401 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.