LauchvslaudaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,209
“Lauch” frequency rank
#24,813
“lauda” frequency rank
48022
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lauch lauda
Definition Gemüsesorte aus der Gattung Allium in der Familie der Lauchgewächse (Alliaceae) Partitiv Singular des Substantivs laud „Tisch“

Letter map: Lauch vs lauda

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lauch and lauda apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Lauch
5 ch
lauda

Corpus notes: Lauch and lauda

Lauch and lauda are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lauch is recorded at frequency rank #23,209, classified as anoun, pronounced [laʊ̯x]. lauda is at rank #24,813, 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 48022, this pair ranks #1,263,647 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lauch vs lauda

Shared letters: alu. Private to "Lauch": ch. Private to "lauda": d.

"Lauch" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "lauda" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lauchaluch · lacuh · laucch · lauchh · lauhc · llauch · luach
  • laudaaluda · ladua · lauad · laudda · llauda · luada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lauch" for "lauda" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Lauch" vs "lauda" - which ranks higher?
"Lauch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,209 in our German list, against #24,813 for "lauda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lauch" and "lauda".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lauch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lauda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,263,647 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lauch" and "lauda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lauda 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 #1,263,647 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