Which to use
“Laute” and “Leute” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,948
- “Laute” frequency rank
- #215
- “Leute” frequency rank
- 7163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Laute | Leute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Saiteninstrument mit birnenförmigem Korpus und angesetztem Hals | eine Gruppe von Personen, Menschen meist unbestimmter, aber auch bestimmter Anzahl |
Where the eye mixes Laute and Leute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Laute and Leute follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Laute with Leute
A purely visual mix-up. Laute ([ˈlaʊ̯tə]) and Leute ([ˈlɔɪ̯tə]) 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 a single letter - a in “Laute” becomes e in “Leute”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Laute is recorded at frequency rank #6,948, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaʊ̯tə]. Leute is at rank #215, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlɔɪ̯tə].
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 7163, this pair ranks #1,989,164 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Laute vs Leute
Shared letters: eltu. Private to "Laute": a. Private to "Leute": -.
"Laute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Leute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Laute" and "Leute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Laute" or "Leute" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Laute" and "Leute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Laute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Leute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,989,164 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Laute" and "Leute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lame vs Laute". 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 #1,989,164 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.