lundvslupoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#28,754
“lund” frequency rank
#45,434
“lupo” frequency rank
74188
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lund lupo
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs linden der Wolf

Letter map: lund vs lupo

Shared letters muted; letters that set lund and lupo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lund (CVCC) and lupo (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
lund
4 ch
lupo

Role in the sentence - lund and lupo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lund is averb and lupoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lund is recorded at frequency rank #28,754, classified as averb, pronounced [lʊnt]. lupo is at rank #45,434, 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 74188, this pair ranks #340,105 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lund vs lupo

Shared letters: lu. Private to "lund": dn. Private to "lupo": op.

"lund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "lupo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lund ← llund · lnud · ludn · lundd · lunnd · ulnd
  • lupo ← llupo · lpuo · luop · luppo · ulpo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lund" and "lupo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lund" is a verb and "lupo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lund" or "lupo" show up more?
"lund" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,754 in our German list, against #45,434 for "lupo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "lund" and "lupo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lund" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lupo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #340,105 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lund" and "lupo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lupo 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 #340,105 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