Which to use
“letter” and “Leuten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,681
- “letter” frequency rank
- #1,114
- “Leuten” frequency rank
- 30795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | letter | Leuten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Brief | Dativ Plural des Substantivs Leute |
Where the eye mixes letter and Leuten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: letter vs Leuten
A purely visual mix-up. letter ([letə(r)]) and Leuten ([ˈlɔɪ̯tn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
letter is recorded at frequency rank #29,681, classified as anoun, pronounced [letə(r)]. Leuten is at rank #1,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlɔɪ̯tn̩].
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 30795, this pair ranks #1,740,930 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of letter vs Leuten
Shared letters: elt. Private to "letter": r. Private to "Leuten": nu.
"letter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Leuten" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "letter" and "Leuten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "letter" or "Leuten"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "letter" and "Leuten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "letter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Leuten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,740,930 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "letter" and "Leuten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letten vs letter". 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 #1,740,930 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.