Which to use
“letters” is a verb and “letztere” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,320
- “letters” frequency rank
- #6,216
- “letztere” frequency rank
- 47536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | letters | letztere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letter | von zweien oder mehreren zuletzt genannt |
Letter map: letters vs letztere
Shared letters muted; letters that set letters and letztere apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for letters / letztere
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: letters is averb and letztereanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
letters is recorded at frequency rank #41,320, classified as averb, pronounced […]. letztere is at rank #6,216, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈlɛt͡stəʁə].
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 47536, this pair ranks #1,280,861 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of letters vs letztere
Shared letters: elrt. Private to "letters": s. Private to "letztere": z.
"letters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "letztere" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "letters" and "letztere" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "letters" or "letztere" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "letters" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "letztere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,280,861 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "letters" and "letztere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letters 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 #1,280,861 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.