Which to use
“letzteren” and “letzteres” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,121
- “letzteren” frequency rank
- #5,733
- “letzteres” frequency rank
- 19854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | letzteren | letzteres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs letztere | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs letztere |
Where the eye mixes letzteren and letzteres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. letzteren and letzteres follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: letzteren vs letzteres
A purely visual mix-up. letzteren ([ˈlɛt͡stəʁən]) and letzteres ([ˈlɛt͡stəʁəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “letzteren” becomes s in “letzteres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
letzteren is recorded at frequency rank #14,121, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈlɛt͡stəʁən]. letzteres is at rank #5,733, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈlɛt͡stəʁəs].
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 19854, this pair ranks #1,903,886 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of letzteren vs letzteres
Shared letters: elrtz. Private to "letzteren": n. Private to "letzteres": s.
"letzteren" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "letzteres" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "letzteren" and "letzteres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "letzteren" or "letzteres" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "letzteren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "letzteres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,903,886 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "letzteren" and "letzteres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lettern vs letzteren". 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 #1,903,886 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.