laudavsLauraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: lauda is a noun, Laura is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lauda” is a noun and “Laura” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,813
“lauda” frequency rank
#4,532
“Laura” frequency rank
29345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lauda Laura
Definition Partitiv Singular des Substantivs laud „Tisch“ weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: lauda vs Laura

Shared letters muted; letters that set lauda and Laura apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
lauda
5 ch
Laura

Role in the sentence - lauda and Laura

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lauda is anoun and Lauraaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “lauda” becomes r in “Laura”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lauda is recorded at frequency rank #24,813, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Laura is at rank #4,532, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈlaʊ̯ʁa].

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 29345, this pair ranks #1,768,533 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lauda vs Laura

Shared letters: alu. Private to "lauda": d. Private to "Laura": r.

"lauda" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Laura" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laudaaluda · ladua · lauad · laudda · llauda · luada
  • Lauraalura · larua · lauar · laurra · llaura · luara

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lauda" for "Laura" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lauda" is a noun and "Laura" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lauda" vs "Laura" - which ranks higher?
"Laura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,532 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "lauda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Laura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,768,533 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lauda" and "Laura" 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 #1,768,533 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