largovsLassoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
#47,554
“Lasso” frequency rank
96594
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo Lasso
Definition breit langer Strick mit zusammenziehbarer Schlinge zum Einfangen von Tieren

Letter map: largo vs Lasso

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

Grammar separator: largo vs Lasso

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: largo is anadjective and Lassoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #49,040, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Lasso is at rank #47,554, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlasoː].

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 96594, this pair ranks #6,673 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs Lasso

Shared letters: alo. Private to "largo": gr. Private to "Lasso": s.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Lasso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largo ← alrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
  • Lasso ← lasos · laßo · llasso · lsaso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "largo" and "Lasso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largo" is an adjective and "Lasso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "largo" vs "Lasso" - which ranks higher?
"Lasso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #47,554 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lasso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,673 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "Lasso" 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 #6,673 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