Which to use
“lang” is an adjective and “Lenz” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #403
- “lang” frequency rank
- #11,920
- “Lenz” frequency rank
- 12323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lang | Lenz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | große Ausmaße, große räumliche Ausmaße habend; über große Ausmaße, große Ausdehnung verfügend | die erste Jahreszeit, Frühling |
Where the eye mixes lang and Lenz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lang and Lenz follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lang vs Lenz
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lang is [laŋ] while Lenz is [lɛnt͡s]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lang is recorded at frequency rank #403, classified as anadj, pronounced [laŋ]. Lenz is at rank #11,920, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lɛnt͡s].
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 12323, this pair ranks #1,964,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lang vs Lenz
Shared letters: ln. Private to "lang": ag. Private to "Lenz": ez.
"lang" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Lenz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lang" and "Lenz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lang" or "Lenz"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lang" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lenz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,964,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lang" and "Lenz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lenz vs lenzen". 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 #1,964,854 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.