letsvsLPsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#18,317
“lets” frequency rank
#26,506
“LPs” frequency rank
44823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lets LPs
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs let Nominativ Plural des Substantivs LP

Letter map: lets vs LPs

Shared letters muted; letters that set lets and LPs apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
lets
3 ch
LPs

Role in the sentence - lets and LPs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lets is averb and LPsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lets is recorded at frequency rank #18,317, classified as averb, pronounced […]. LPs is at rank #26,506, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɛlˈpeːs].

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 44823, this pair ranks #1,373,589 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lets vs LPs

Shared letters: ls. Private to "lets": et. Private to "LPs": p.

"lets" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "LPs" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letselts · letss · letts · llets · ltes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lets" and "LPs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lets" is a verb and "LPs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lets" or "LPs" show up more?
"lets" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,317 in our German list, against #26,506 for "LPs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "lets" and "LPs". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "LPs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,373,589 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lets" and "LPs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lees vs LPs". 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 #1,373,589 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