largovsLemgoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
#24,818
“Lemgo” frequency rank
73858
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo Lemgo
Definition breit eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Letter map: largo vs Lemgo

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

Grammar separator: largo vs Lemgo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: largo is anadjective and Lemgoaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #49,040, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Lemgo is at rank #24,818, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈlɛmɡo].

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 73858, this pair ranks #349,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs Lemgo

Shared letters: glo. Private to "largo": ar. Private to "Lemgo": em.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Lemgo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largo ← alrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
  • Lemgo ← elmgo · legmo · lemggo · lemmgo · lemog · llemgo · lmego

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "largo" and "Lemgo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largo" is an adjective and "Lemgo" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "largo" or "Lemgo"?
"Lemgo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,818 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 "largo" vs "Lemgo" 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 "Lemgo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #349,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "Lemgo" 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 #349,028 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