lodgevsLöhneTell them apart

Which to use

“lodge” and “Löhne” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,090
“lodge” frequency rank
#8,100
“Löhne” frequency rank
34190
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lodge Löhne
Definition der Raum eines Pförtners im Haupteingang eines Gebäudes Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lohn

Letter map: lodge vs Löhne

Shared letters muted; letters that set lodge and Löhne apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lodge and Löhne follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
lodge
5 ch
Löhne

Corpus notes: lodge and Löhne

lodge and Löhne are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lodge is recorded at frequency rank #26,090, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Löhne is at rank #8,100, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈløːnə].

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 34190, this pair ranks #1,669,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lodge vs Löhne

Shared letters: el. Private to "lodge": dgo. Private to "Löhne": hnö.

"lodge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Löhne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lodge ← ldoge · llodge · loddge · lodeg · lodgge · logde · oldge

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lodge" and "Löhne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "lodge" vs "Löhne" - which ranks higher?
"Löhne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,100 in our German list, against #26,090 for "lodge". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "lodge" and "Löhne". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lodge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Löhne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,669,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lodge" and "Löhne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lodge 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 #1,669,052 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