lerne vs lore, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#6,215
“lerne” frequency rank: #26,091
“lore” frequency rank: 32306
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lerne	lore
Definition	2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs lernen	Überlieferung

Letter map: lerne vs lore

Shared letters muted; letters that set lerne and lore apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

lerne

4 ch

lore

Grammar separator: lerne vs lore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lerne is averb and loreanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lerne is recorded at frequency rank #6,215, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlɛʁnə]. lore is at rank #26,091, tagged as anoun, 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 32306, this pair ranks #1,710,429 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lerne vs lore

Shared letters: elr. Private to "lerne": n. Private to "lore": o.

"lerne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

lerne ← elrne · lenre · lerrne · llerne · lrene
lore ← llore · loer · lorre · lroe · olre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lerne" and "lore" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lerne" is a verb and "lore" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "lerne" vs "lore" - which ranks higher?

"lerne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,215 in our German list, against #26,091 for "lore". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "lerne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "lore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,710,429 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"lerne" and "lore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lore 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 #1,710,429 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.