Which to use
“Länder” is a noun and “longer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,155
- “Länder” frequency rank
- #34,166
- “longer” frequency rank
- 79321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Länder | longer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de länder. | Passer le long de. |
Where the eye mixes Länder and longer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Länder and longer 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 longer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Länder is \lɛn.dœʁ\ while longer is \lɔ̃.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79321, 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\. longer is at rank #34,166, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɔ̃.ʒe\.
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 79321, this pair ranks #23,597 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Länder vs longer
Shared letters: elnr. Private to "Länder": dä. Private to "longer": go.
"Länder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "longer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- longer ← llonger · lnoger · logner · lonegr · longerr · longger · longre · lonnger
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Länder" and "longer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Länder" vs "longer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Länder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "longer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,597 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Länder" and "longer" 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 #23,597 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.