largovsLarryTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
#12,959
“Larry” frequency rank
61999
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo Larry
Definition breit englischer männlicher Vorname

Letter map: largo vs Larry

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

5 ch
largo
5 ch
Larry

Part-of-speech tell for largo / Larry

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: largo is anadjective and Larryaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #49,040, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Larry is at rank #12,959, tagged as aname, 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 61999, this pair ranks #728,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs Larry

Shared letters: alr. Private to "largo": go. Private to "Larry": y.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Larry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largoalrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
  • Larryalrry · larryy · lary · laryr · llarry · lrary

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "largo" for "Larry" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largo" is an adjective and "Larry" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "largo" or "Larry"?
"Larry" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,959 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "largo" and "Larry".

  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Larry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #728,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "Larry" 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 #728,965 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