lästigvslatinTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#16,484
“lästig” frequency rank
#20,653
“latin” frequency rank
37137
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lästig latin
Definition auf unangenehme Weise störend, hinderlich Latein

Letter map: lästig vs latin

Shared letters muted; letters that set lästig and latin apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
lästig
5 ch
latin

Part-of-speech tell for lästig / latin

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lästig is anadjective and latinanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lästig is recorded at frequency rank #16,484, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈlɛstɪç]. latin is at rank #20,653, tagged as anoun, 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 37137, this pair ranks #1,597,905 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lästig vs latin

Shared letters: ilt. Private to "lästig": gsä. Private to "latin": an.

"lästig" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "latin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • latinaltin · laitn · latinn · latni · lattin · llatin · ltain

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lästig" and "latin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lästig" is an adjective and "latin" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lästig" or "latin" show up more?
"lästig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,484 in our German list, against #20,653 for "latin". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lästig" and "latin".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lästig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "latin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,597,905 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lästig" and "latin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "latin 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 #1,597,905 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