längsvslargoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: längs is a adverb, largo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“längs” is an adverb and “largo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,976
“längs” frequency rank
#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
68016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature längs largo
Definition in der Längsachse breit

Letter map: längs vs largo

Shared letters muted; letters that set längs and largo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
längs
5 ch
largo

Part-of-speech tell for längs / largo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: längs is anadverb and largoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

längs is recorded at frequency rank #18,976, classified as anadv, pronounced [lɛŋs]. 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 68016, this pair ranks #521,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of längs vs largo

Shared letters: gl. Private to "längs": nsä. Private to "largo": aor.

"längs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largoalrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "längs" for "largo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "längs" is an adverb and "largo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "längs" or "largo"?
"längs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,976 in our German list, against #49,040 for "largo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "längs" and "largo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "längs" 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 #521,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "längs" 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 #521,404 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