lettenvsLetzterWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,806
“letten” frequency rank
#1,702
“Letzter” frequency rank
48508
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature letten Letzter
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs let in einer zeitlichen, räumlichen oder rangmäßigen Abfolge am Ende Stehender

Letter map: letten vs Letzter

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

6 ch
letten
7 ch
Letzter

Grammar separator: letten vs Letzter

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: letten is averb and Letzteranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

letten is recorded at frequency rank #46,806, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Letzter is at rank #1,702, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlɛt͡stɐ].

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 48508, this pair ranks #1,246,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of letten vs Letzter

Shared letters: elt. Private to "letten": n. Private to "Letzter": rz.

"letten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Letzter" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letten ← eltten · leten · letetn · lettenn · lettne · lletten · lteten
  • Letzter ← eltzter · lettzer · lettzter · letzetr · letzterr · letztre · letztter · letzzter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "letten" and "Letzter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "letten" is a verb and "Letzter" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "letten" or "Letzter"?
"Letzter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,702 in our German list, against #46,806 for "letten". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "letten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Letzter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,246,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "letten" and "Letzter" 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 #1,246,001 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