lettenvsletztensTell them apart

Quick tell: letten is a verb, letztens is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“letten” is a verb and “letztens” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,806
“letten” frequency rank
#8,243
“letztens” frequency rank
55049
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature letten letztens
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs let neulich, vor Kurzem

Letter map: letten vs letztens

Shared letters muted; letters that set letten and letztens apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. letten runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against letztens's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
letten
8 ch
letztens

Part-of-speech tell for letten / letztens

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: letten is averb and letztensanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55049, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

letten is recorded at frequency rank #46,806, classified as averb, pronounced […]. letztens is at rank #8,243, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈlɛt͡stn̩s].

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 55049, this pair ranks #994,721 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of letten vs letztens

Shared letters: elnt. Private to "letten": -. Private to "letztens": sz.

"letten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "letztens" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letten ← eltten · leten · letetn · lettenn · lettne · lletten · lteten
  • letztens ← eltztens · lettzens · lettztens · letzetns · letztenns · letztenss · letztesn · letztnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "letten" and "letztens" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "letten" is a verb and "letztens" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "letten" or "letztens" show up more?
"letztens" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,243 in our German list, against #46,806 for "letten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "letten" and "letztens". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "letten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "letztens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #994,721 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "letten" and "letztens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letten 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 #994,721 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