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“Laube” and “Lautes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,171
“Laube” frequency rank
#17,352
“Lautes” frequency rank
47523
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Laube Lautes
Definition kleines offenes oder geschlossenes Gartenhaus zum vorübergehenden Aufenthalt von Personen oder zum Unterstellen von Geräten Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Laut

Where the eye mixes Laube and Lautes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Laube runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against Lautes's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Laube
6 ch
Lautes

Look-alike desk: Laube vs Lautes

A purely visual mix-up. Laube ([ˈlaʊ̯bə]) and Lautes ([ˈlaʊ̯təs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Laube is recorded at frequency rank #30,171, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaʊ̯bə]. Lautes is at rank #17,352, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaʊ̯təs].

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 47523, this pair ranks #1,281,305 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Laube vs Lautes

Shared letters: aelu. Private to "Laube": b. Private to "Lautes": st.

"Laube" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Lautes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Laube ← alube · labue · laubbe · laueb · llaube · luabe
  • Lautes ← alutes · latues · lauets · lautess · lautse · lauttes · llautes · luates

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Laube" and "Lautes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈlaʊ̯bə] versus [ˈlaʊ̯təs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Laube" vs "Lautes" - which ranks higher?
"Lautes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,352 in our German list, against #30,171 for "Laube". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Laube" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lautes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,281,305 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Laube" and "Lautes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lame vs Laube". 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 #1,281,305 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