Which to use
“land” and “laud” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #608
- “land” frequency rank
- #47,152
- “laud” frequency rank
- 47760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | land | laud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. | Glorification or praise. |
Where the eye mixes land and laud
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. land (CVCC) and laud (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: land vs laud
A purely visual mix-up. land (/lænd/) and laud (/lɔːd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “land” becomes u in “laud”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
land is recorded at frequency rank #608, classified as anoun, pronounced /lænd/. laud is at rank #47,152, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɔːd/.
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 47760, this pair ranks #199,463 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of land vs laud
Shared letters: adl. Private to "land": n. Private to "laud": u.
"land" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "laud" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "land" and "laud" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "land" or "laud" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "land" and "laud" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "land" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,463 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "land" and "laud" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laud vs lav". 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 #199,463 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.