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Which to use

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

#6,559
“long” frequency rank
#11,706
“models” frequency rank
18265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature long models
Definition Schiff Plural des Substantivs model

Letter map: long vs models

Shared letters muted; letters that set long and models apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. long runs 4 letters (CVCC) against models's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
long
6 ch
models

Spelling & dictionary notes on long vs models

long and models 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

long is recorded at frequency rank #6,559, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. models is at rank #11,706, 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 18265, this pair ranks #1,919,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of long vs models

Shared letters: lo. Private to "long": gn. Private to "models": dems.

"long" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "models" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • longllong · lnog · logn · longg · lonng · olng
  • modelsmdoels · mmodels · moddels · modelss · modesl · modles · moedls · omdels

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "long" for "models" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "long" or "models" show up more?
"long" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,559 in our German list, against #11,706 for "models". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "long" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "models" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,919,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "long" and "models" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "models 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 #1,919,873 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