Which to use
“lad” and “lande” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,389
- “lad” frequency rank
- #24,265
- “lande” frequency rank
- 62654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lad | lande |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Valet d’écurie chargé de garder et de soigner les chevaux de course. | Étendue de terre inculte et stérile. |
Where the eye mixes lad and lande
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses lad with lande
A purely visual mix-up. lad (\lad\) and lande (\lɑ̃d\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lad is recorded at frequency rank #38,389, classified as anoun, pronounced \lad\. lande is at rank #24,265, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃d\.
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 62654, this pair ranks #86,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lad vs lande
Shared letters: adl. Private to "lad": -. Private to "lande": en.
"lad" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lande ← alnde · landde · laned · lannde · llande · lnade
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lad" for "lande" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lad" vs "lande" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lad" and "lande" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lande" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lad" and "lande" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lad vs lep". 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 #86,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.