langt vs lung, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#33,695
“langt” frequency rank: #36,488
“lung” frequency rank: 70183
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	langt	lung
Definition	2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs langen	die Lunge

Letter map: langt vs lung

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

5 ch

langt

4 ch

lung

Role in the sentence - langt and lung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: langt is averb and lunganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70183, 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]. lung is at rank #36,488, 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 70183, this pair ranks #454,027 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of langt vs lung

Shared letters: gln. Private to "langt": at. Private to "lung": u.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

langt ← alngt · lagnt · langgt · langtt · lanngt · lantg · llangt · lnagt
lung ← llung · lnug · lugn · lungg · lunng · ulng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "langt" for "lung" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "langt" is a verb and "lung" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "langt" or "lung" show up more?

"langt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,695 in our German list, against #36,488 for "lung". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "langt" and "lung". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "langt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "lung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #454,027 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"langt" and "lung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lung 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 #454,027 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.