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Which to use

“lang” and “largo” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#403
“lang” frequency rank
#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
49443
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lang largo
Definition große Ausmaße, große räumliche Ausmaße habend; über große Ausmaße, große Ausdehnung verfügend breit

Letter map: lang vs largo

Shared letters muted; letters that set lang and largo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lang runs 4 letters (CVCC) against largo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
lang
5 ch
largo

Spelling & dictionary notes on lang vs largo

lang and largo are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lang is recorded at frequency rank #403, classified as anadj, pronounced [laŋ]. largo is at rank #49,040, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 49443, this pair ranks #1,211,333 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lang vs largo

Shared letters: agl. Private to "lang": n. Private to "largo": or.

"lang" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lang ← alng · lagn · langg · lanng · llang · lnag
  • largo ← alrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lang" and "largo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "lang" vs "largo" - which ranks higher?
"lang" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #403 in our German list, against #49,040 for "largo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lang" and "largo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lang" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,211,333 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lang" and "largo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largo vs puzzles". 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 #1,211,333 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