Liedes vs likes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#20,657
“Liedes” frequency rank: #16,771
“likes” frequency rank: 37428
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Liedes	likes
Definition	Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Lied	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs like

Letter map: Liedes vs likes

Shared letters muted; letters that set Liedes and likes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

Liedes

5 ch

likes

Grammar separator: Liedes vs likes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Liedes is anoun and likesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Liedes is recorded at frequency rank #20,657, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈliːdəs]. likes is at rank #16,771, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 37428, this pair ranks #1,590,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Liedes vs likes

Shared letters: eils. Private to "Liedes": d. Private to "likes": k.

"Liedes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "likes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Liedes ← iledes · leides · lidees · lieddes · liedess · liedse · lieeds · lliedes
likes ← ilkes · lieks · likess · likkes · likse · lkies · llikes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Liedes" and "likes" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Liedes" is a noun and "likes" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "Liedes" or "likes" show up more?

"likes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,771 in our German list, against #20,657 for "Liedes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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Full dictionary entry for "Liedes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "likes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,590,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Liedes" and "likes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lees vs Liedes". 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 #1,590,507 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.