Which to use
“längs” is an adverb and “laws” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,976
- “längs” frequency rank
- #38,251
- “laws” frequency rank
- 57227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | längs | laws |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in der Längsachse | Plural des Substantivs law |
Letter map: längs vs laws
Shared letters muted; letters that set längs and laws apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for längs / laws
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: längs is anadverb and lawsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57227, 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]. laws is at rank #38,251, tagged as anoun, 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 57227, this pair ranks #909,565 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of längs vs laws
Shared letters: ls. Private to "längs": gnä. Private to "laws": aw.
"längs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "laws" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laws ← alws · lasw · lawss · lawws · llaws · lwas
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "längs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laws" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #909,565 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "längs" and "laws" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laws 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 #909,565 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.