letsvsLutzConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#18,317
“lets” frequency rank
#7,788
“Lutz” frequency rank
26105
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lets Lutz
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs let Sprungelement beim Eiskunstlauf

Letter map: lets vs Lutz

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

4 ch
lets
4 ch
Lutz

Part-of-speech tell for lets / Lutz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lets is averb and Lutzanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lets is recorded at frequency rank #18,317, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Lutz is at rank #7,788, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lʊt͡s].

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 26105, this pair ranks #1,823,076 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lets vs Lutz

Shared letters: lt. Private to "lets": es. Private to "Lutz": uz.

"lets" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Lutz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letselts · letss · letts · llets · ltes
  • Lutzllutz · ltuz · luttz · lutzz · luzt · ultz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lets" for "Lutz" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lets" is a verb and "Lutz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lets" or "Lutz" show up more?
"Lutz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,788 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lets" and "Lutz".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lutz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,823,076 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lets" and "Lutz" 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 #1,823,076 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