Which to use
“letzte” is an adjective and “lotte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #452
- “letzte” frequency rank
- #12,336
- “lotte” frequency rank
- 12788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | letzte | lotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in einer Reihe oder Folge auf dem einzigen Platz ohne Nachfolger sich befindend | Aalraupe, Quappe |
Where the eye mixes letzte and lotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. letzte runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against lotte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: letzte vs lotte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: letzte is [ˈlɛt͡stə] while lotte is [lɔt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
letzte is recorded at frequency rank #452, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈlɛt͡stə]. lotte is at rank #12,336, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lɔt].
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 12788, this pair ranks #1,962,045 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of letzte vs lotte
Shared letters: elt. Private to "letzte": z. Private to "lotte": o.
"letzte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "lotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "letzte" and "lotte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "letzte" or "lotte" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "letzte" and "lotte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "letzte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,962,045 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "letzte" and "lotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "letten vs lotte". 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 #1,962,045 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.