Which to use
“lad” is a noun and “lund” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,389
- “lad” frequency rank
- #36,036
- “lund” frequency rank
- 74425
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lad | lund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Valet d’écurie chargé de garder et de soigner les chevaux de course. | Première personne du singulier du prétérit de linden. |
Where the eye mixes lad and lund
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lad runs 3 letters (CVC) against lund's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between lad and lund
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lad is \lad\ while lund is \lʊnt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74425, 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\. lund is at rank #36,036, tagged as averb, pronounced \lʊnt\.
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 74425, this pair ranks #37,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lad vs lund
Shared letters: dl. Private to "lad": a. Private to "lund": nu.
"lad" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lund ← llund · lnud · ludn · lundd · lunnd · ulnd
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lad" for "lund" ever safe?
Which is more common, "lad" or "lund"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lad" and "lund" 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 "lund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lad" and "lund" 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 #37,203 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.