Which to use
“lobte” is a verb and “lore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,865
- “lobte” frequency rank
- #26,091
- “lore” frequency rank
- 40956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lobte | lore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs loben | Überlieferung |
Letter map: lobte vs lore
Shared letters muted; letters that set lobte and lore apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for lobte / lore
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lobte is averb and loreanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lobte is recorded at frequency rank #14,865, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈloːptə]. lore is at rank #26,091, 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 40956, this pair ranks #1,493,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lobte vs lore
Shared letters: elo. Private to "lobte": bt. Private to "lore": r.
"lobte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "lobte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,493,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lobte" and "lore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lore 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 #1,493,482 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.