LehrersvslettersTell them apart

Quick tell: Lehrers is a noun, letters is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lehrers” is a noun and “letters” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,614
“Lehrers” frequency rank
#41,320
“letters” frequency rank
59934
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lehrers letters
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Lehrer 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letter

Letter map: Lehrers vs letters

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lehrers and letters apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Lehrers and letters follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Lehrers
7 ch
letters

Role in the sentence - Lehrers and letters

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lehrers is anoun and lettersaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lehrers is recorded at frequency rank #18,614, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈleːʁɐs]. letters is at rank #41,320, 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 59934, this pair ranks #805,904 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lehrers vs letters

Shared letters: elrs. Private to "Lehrers": h. Private to "letters": t.

"Lehrers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "letters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lehrers ← elhrers · leherrs · lehhrers · lehrerrs · lehrerss · lehresr · lehrrers · lehrres
  • letters ← eltters · leters · letetrs · letterrs · letterss · lettesr · lettres · lletters

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Lehrers" and "letters" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lehrers" is a noun and "letters" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Lehrers" or "letters" show up more?
"Lehrers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,614 in our German list, against #41,320 for "letters". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Lehrers" vs "letters" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lehrers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "letters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #805,904 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lehrers" and "letters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letters 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 #805,904 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list