Which to use
“Länder” and “landes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,155
- “Länder” frequency rank
- #8,570
- “landes” frequency rank
- 53725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Länder | landes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de länder. | Pluriel de lande. |
Where the eye mixes Länder and landes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Länder and landes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Länder vs landes
A purely visual mix-up. Länder (\lɛn.dœʁ\) and landes (\lɑ̃d\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Länder is recorded at frequency rank #45,155, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛn.dœʁ\. landes is at rank #8,570, 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 53725, this pair ranks #138,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Länder vs landes
Shared letters: deln. Private to "Länder": rä. Private to "landes": as.
"Länder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "landes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- landes ← alndes · ladnes · landdes · landess · landse · laneds · lanndes · llandes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Länder" and "landes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Länder" or "landes"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Länder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "landes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Länder" and "landes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancet vs Länder". 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 #138,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.