LattenvslettenConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#41,309
“Latten” frequency rank
#46,806
“letten” frequency rank
88115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Latten letten
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Latte Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs let

Letter map: Latten vs letten

Shared letters muted; letters that set Latten and letten apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Latten and letten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Latten
6 ch
letten

Part-of-speech tell for Latten / letten

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Latten is anoun and lettenaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “Latten” becomes e in “letten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Latten is recorded at frequency rank #41,309, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlatn̩]. letten is at rank #46,806, tagged as averb, 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 88115, this pair ranks #72,175 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Latten vs letten

Shared letters: elnt. Private to "Latten": a. Private to "letten": -.

"Latten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "letten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Latten ← lattenn · lattne · llatten · ltaten
  • letten ← eltten · leten · letetn · lettenn · lettne · lletten · lteten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Latten" for "letten" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Latten" is a noun and "letten" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Latten" vs "letten" - which ranks higher?
"Latten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,309 in our German list, against #46,806 for "letten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Latten" vs "letten" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Latten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "letten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,175 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Latten" and "letten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letten 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 #72,175 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