law vs ld, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“law” is a noun and “ld” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,097
“law” frequency rank: #40,065
“ld” frequency rank: 48162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	law	ld
Definition	Gesetz	Mathematik: Schreibweise für den Zweierlogarithmus, den Logarithmus zur Basis 2, Kurzform für log₂

Letter map: law vs ld

Shared letters muted; letters that set law and ld apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

law

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for law / ld

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: law is anoun and ldanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

law is recorded at frequency rank #8,097, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ld is at rank #40,065, tagged as anabbrev.

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 48162, this pair ranks #1,258,587 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of law vs ld

Shared letters: l. Private to "law": aw. Private to "ld": d.

"law" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "ld" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "law" and "ld" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "law" is a noun and "ld" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "law" or "ld" show up more?

"law" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,097 in our German list, against #40,065 for "ld". 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 "law" and "ld".

Full dictionary entry for "law" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ld" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,258,587 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"law" and "ld" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lai vs ld". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,258,587 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.