ld vs lui, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#40,065
“ld” frequency rank: #44,056
“lui” frequency rank: 84121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: ld vs lui

Shared letters muted; letters that set ld and lui apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. ld runs 2 letters (CC) against lui's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

2 ch

3 ch

lui

Part-of-speech tell for ld / lui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ld is anabbrev and luiapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ld is recorded at frequency rank #40,065, classified as anabbrev. lui is at rank #44,056, tagged as apron, pronounced [lɥi].

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 84121, this pair ranks #128,847 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ld vs lui

Shared letters: l. Private to "ld": d. Private to "lui": iu.

"ld" · 2 letters · shape CC · "lui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ld" and "lui" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

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

"ld" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,065 in our German list, against #44,056 for "lui". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "ld" vs "lui" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "ld" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "lui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #128,847 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ld" and "lui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lori vs lui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #128,847 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.