lettersvsLuthersWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#41,320
“letters” frequency rank
#20,330
“Luthers” frequency rank
61650
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature letters Luthers
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letter Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Luther

Letter map: letters vs Luthers

Shared letters muted; letters that set letters and Luthers apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. letters and Luthers follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
letters
7 ch
Luthers

Role in the sentence - letters and Luthers

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: letters is averb and Luthersanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

letters is recorded at frequency rank #41,320, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Luthers is at rank #20,330, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlʊtɐs].

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 61650, this pair ranks #741,777 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of letters vs Luthers

Shared letters: elrst. Private to "letters": -. Private to "Luthers": hu.

"letters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "Luthers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letters ← eltters · leters · letetrs · letterrs · letterss · lettesr · lettres · lletters
  • Luthers ← lluthers · ltuhers · luhters · lutehrs · lutherrs · lutherss · luthesr · luthhers

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "letters" for "Luthers" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "letters" is a verb and "Luthers" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "letters" vs "Luthers" - which ranks higher?
"Luthers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,330 in our German list, against #41,320 for "letters". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "letters" and "Luthers". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "letters" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Luthers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #741,777 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "letters" and "Luthers" 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 #741,777 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