LesersvslettersWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#47,561
“Lesers” frequency rank
#41,320
“letters” frequency rank
88881
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lesers letters
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Leser 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letter

Letter map: Lesers vs letters

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lesers and letters apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Lesers runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against letters's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Lesers
7 ch
letters

Part-of-speech tell for Lesers / letters

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lesers is anoun and lettersaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lesers is recorded at frequency rank #47,561, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈleːzɐs]. 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 88881, this pair ranks #63,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lesers vs letters

Shared letters: elrs. Private to "Lesers": -. Private to "letters": t.

"Lesers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "letters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Leserselsers · leesrs · leserrs · leserss · lesesr · lesres · lessers · llesers
  • letterseltters · leters · letetrs · letterrs · letterss · lettesr · lettres · lletters

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lesers" for "letters" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lesers" is a noun and "letters" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Lesers" or "letters"?
"letters" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,320 in our German list, against #47,561 for "Lesers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lesers" and "letters".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lesers" 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 #63,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lesers" and "letters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lasern vs Lesers". 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 #63,455 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