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“lehnten” and “letten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,213
- “lehnten” frequency rank
- #46,806
- “letten” frequency rank
- 70019
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lehnten | letten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs lehnen | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs let |
Letter map: lehnten vs letten
Shared letters muted; letters that set lehnten and letten apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. lehnten runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against letten's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: lehnten and letten
lehnten 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 70019, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lehnten is recorded at frequency rank #23,213, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈleːntn̩]. 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 70019, this pair ranks #458,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lehnten vs letten
Shared letters: elnt. Private to "lehnten": h. Private to "letten": -.
"lehnten" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "letten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "lehnten" vs "letten" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "lehnten" and "letten". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lehnten" 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 #458,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lehnten" 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
Confusion rank #458,956 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.