langtvslongConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#33,695
“langt” frequency rank
#6,559
“long” frequency rank
40254
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature langt long
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs langen Schiff

Letter map: langt vs long

Shared letters muted; letters that set langt and long apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
langt
4 ch
long

Part-of-speech tell for langt / long

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: langt is averb and longanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40254, 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]. long is at rank #6,559, 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 40254, this pair ranks #1,513,768 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of langt vs long

Shared letters: gln. Private to "langt": at. Private to "long": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • langtalngt · lagnt · langgt · langtt · lanngt · lantg · llangt · lnagt
  • longllong · lnog · logn · longg · lonng · olng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "langt" for "long" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "langt" is a verb and "long" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "langt" vs "long" - which ranks higher?
"long" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,559 in our German list, against #33,695 for "langt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "langt" vs "long" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "langt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "long" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,513,768 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "langt" and "long" 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 #1,513,768 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