letten vs Leute, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#46,806
“letten” frequency rank: #215
“Leute” frequency rank: 47021
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	letten	Leute
Definition	Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs let	eine Gruppe von Personen, Menschen meist unbestimmter, aber auch bestimmter Anzahl

Letter map: letten vs Leute

Shared letters muted; letters that set letten and Leute apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

letten

5 ch

Leute

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: letten is averb and Leuteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

letten is recorded at frequency rank #46,806, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Leute is at rank #215, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlɔɪ̯tə].

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 47021, this pair ranks #1,298,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of letten vs Leute

Shared letters: elt. Private to "letten": n. Private to "Leute": u.

"letten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Leute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

letten ← eltten · leten · letetn · lettenn · lettne · lletten · lteten
Leute ← elute · letue · leuet · leutte · lleute · luete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "letten" and "Leute" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "letten" is a verb and "Leute" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "letten" or "Leute"?

"Leute" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #215 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.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "letten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Leute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,298,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"letten" and "Leute" 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

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