lastetvsListeTell them apart

Quick tell: lastet is a verb, Liste is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lastet” is a verb and “Liste” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,644
“lastet” frequency rank
#957
“Liste” frequency rank
33601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lastet Liste
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs lasten ein schriftliches Verzeichnis, in dem mehrere Punkte in einer bestimmten Reihenfolge aufgeführt sind

Where the eye mixes lastet and Liste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
lastet
5 ch
Liste

Visual trap between lastet and Liste

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lastet is [ˈlastət] while Liste is [ˈlɪstə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lastet is recorded at frequency rank #32,644, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlastət]. Liste is at rank #957, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlɪstə].

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 33601, this pair ranks #1,682,251 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lastet vs Liste

Shared letters: elst. Private to "lastet": a. Private to "Liste": i.

"lastet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Liste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lastetalstet · lasett · lasstet · lastett · lastte · lasttet · latset · llastet
  • Listeilste · liset · lisste · listte · litse · lliste · lsite

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lastet" for "Liste" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lastet" is a verb and "Liste" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "lastet" or "Liste"?
"Liste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #957 in our German list, against #32,644 for "lastet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "lastet" and "Liste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lastet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Liste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,682,251 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lastet" and "Liste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lastet vs Latten". 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 #1,682,251 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