langtvsLastWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: langt is a verb, Last is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“langt” is a verb and “Last” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,695
“langt” frequency rank
#2,904
“Last” frequency rank
36599
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature langt Last
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs langen etwas, was sich durch sein Gewicht nach unten drückt oder zieht; auch Ladung, Fracht; was man trägt

Where the eye mixes langt and Last

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
langt
4 ch
Last

Visual trap between langt and Last

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: langt is [laŋt] while Last is [last]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

langt is recorded at frequency rank #33,695, classified as averb, pronounced [laŋt]. Last is at rank #2,904, tagged as anoun, pronounced [last].

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 36599, this pair ranks #1,611,440 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of langt vs Last

Shared letters: alt. Private to "langt": gn. Private to "Last": s.

"langt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Last" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • langtalngt · lagnt · langgt · langtt · lanngt · lantg · llangt · lnagt
  • Lastalst · lasst · lastt · lats · llast · lsat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "langt" for "Last" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "langt" is a verb and "Last" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "langt" vs "Last" - which ranks higher?
"Last" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,904 in our German list, against #33,695 for "langt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "langt" and "Last" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "langt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Last" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,611,440 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "langt" and "Last" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lähmt vs langt". 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 #1,611,440 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