lobtvslongConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#13,428
“lobt” frequency rank
#6,559
“long” frequency rank
19987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lobt long
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs loben Schiff

Letter map: lobt vs long

Shared letters muted; letters that set lobt and long apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
lobt
4 ch
long

Part-of-speech tell for lobt / long

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lobt is averb and longanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lobt is recorded at frequency rank #13,428, classified as averb, pronounced [loːpt]. long is at rank #6,559, tagged as anoun, 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 19987, this pair ranks #1,902,496 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lobt vs long

Shared letters: lo. Private to "lobt": bt. Private to "long": gn.

"lobt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "long" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lobtlbot · llobt · lobbt · lobtt · lotb · olbt
  • longllong · lnog · logn · longg · lonng · olng

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lobt" and "long" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lobt" is a verb and "long" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lobt" vs "long" - which ranks higher?
"long" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,559 in our German list, against #13,428 for "lobt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "lobt" and "long". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lobt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "long" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,902,496 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lobt" and "long" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobt vs Lori". 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 #1,902,496 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