lebte vs letten, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“lebte” and “letten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,756
“lebte” frequency rank: #46,806
“letten” frequency rank: 50562
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lebte	letten
Definition	1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs leben	Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs let

Letter map: lebte vs letten

Shared letters muted; letters that set lebte and letten apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

lebte

6 ch

letten

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

lebte and letten are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lebte is recorded at frequency rank #3,756, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈleːptə]. letten is at rank #46,806, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 50562, this pair ranks #1,168,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lebte vs letten

Shared letters: elt. Private to "lebte": b. Private to "letten": n.

"lebte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "letten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

lebte ← elbte · lbete · lebbte · lebet · lebtte · letbe · llebte
letten ← eltten · leten · letetn · lettenn · lettne · lletten · lteten

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lebte" and "letten" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "lebte" or "letten"?

"lebte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,756 in our German list, against #46,806 for "letten". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "lebte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "letten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,168,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"lebte" and "letten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letten 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

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