LaravslargoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,892
“Lara” frequency rank
#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
59932
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lara largo
Definition weiblicher Vorname breit

Letter map: Lara vs largo

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lara and largo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Lara
5 ch
largo

Role in the sentence - Lara and largo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lara is aname and largoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lara is recorded at frequency rank #10,892, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈlaːʁa]. 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 59932, this pair ranks #805,977 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lara vs largo

Shared letters: alr. Private to "Lara": -. Private to "largo": go.

"Lara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Laraalra · laar · larra · llara · lraa
  • largoalrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Lara" and "largo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lara" is a name and "largo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Lara" or "largo"?
"Lara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,892 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.

What to do next

Pair "Lara" vs "largo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lara" 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 #805,977 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lara" 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 #805,977 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