lets vs LTE, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#18,317
“lets” frequency rank: #9,590
“LTE” frequency rank: 27907
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lets	LTE
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs let	Long Term Evolution, ein Mobilfunkstandard (4. Generation)

Letter map: lets vs LTE

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

4 ch

lets

3 ch

LTE

Grammar separator: lets vs LTE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lets is averb and LTEanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lets is recorded at frequency rank #18,317, classified as averb, pronounced […]. LTE is at rank #9,590, tagged as anabbrev, 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 27907, this pair ranks #1,793,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lets vs LTE

Shared letters: elt. Private to "lets": s. Private to "LTE": -.

"lets" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "LTE" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

lets ← elts · letss · letts · llets · ltes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lets" and "LTE" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lets" is a verb and "LTE" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "lets" vs "LTE" - which ranks higher?

"LTE" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,590 in our German list, against #18,317 for "lets". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "lets" vs "LTE" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "lets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "LTE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,793,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"lets" and "LTE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lets 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 #1,793,848 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.