laudavsludTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,813
“lauda” frequency rank
#10,689
“lud” frequency rank
35502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lauda lud
Definition Partitiv Singular des Substantivs laud „Tisch“ 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs laden

Letter map: lauda vs lud

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

5 ch
lauda
3 ch
lud

Role in the sentence - lauda and lud

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lauda is anoun and ludaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lauda is recorded at frequency rank #24,813, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. lud is at rank #10,689, tagged as averb, pronounced [luːt].

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 35502, this pair ranks #1,638,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lauda vs lud

Shared letters: dlu. Private to "lauda": a. Private to "lud": -.

"lauda" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "lud" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laudaaluda · ladua · lauad · laudda · llauda · luada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lauda" and "lud" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lauda" is a noun and "lud" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lauda" or "lud" show up more?
"lud" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,689 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

Pair "lauda" vs "lud" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lauda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,638,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lauda" and "lud" 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 #1,638,490 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