largovsLarveWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
#39,496
“Larve” frequency rank
88536
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo Larve
Definition breit Jugendstadium, das sich stark vom geschlechtsreifen Tier unterscheidet und oft keinerlei Ähnlichkeit damit hat

Letter map: largo vs Larve

Shared letters muted; letters that set largo and Larve apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. largo and Larve follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
largo
5 ch
Larve

Part-of-speech tell for largo / Larve

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: largo is anadjective and Larveanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #49,040, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Larve is at rank #39,496, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaʁfə].

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 88536, this pair ranks #67,261 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs Larve

Shared letters: alr. Private to "largo": go. Private to "Larve": ev.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Larve" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largo ← alrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
  • Larve ← alrve · larev · larrve · larvve · lavre · llarve · lrave

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "largo" and "Larve" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largo" is an adjective and "Larve" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "largo" or "Larve" show up more?
"Larve" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,496 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

You've compared "largo" and "Larve". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Larve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,261 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "Larve" 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 #67,261 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