brinkvsLeagueWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“brink” and “League” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,421
“brink” frequency rank
#1,976
“League” frequency rank
39397
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature brink League
Definition Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß

Letter map: brink vs League

Shared letters muted; letters that set brink and League apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

5 ch
brink
6 ch
League

Spelling & dictionary notes on brink vs League

brink and League are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

brink is recorded at frequency rank #37,421, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. League is at rank #1,976, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 39397, this pair ranks #1,537,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of brink vs League

Shared letters: none. Private to "brink": biknr. Private to "League": aeglu.

"brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • brinkbbrink · birnk · brikn · brinkk · brinnk · brnik · brrink · rbink
  • Leagueelague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "brink" and "League" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "brink" vs "League" - which ranks higher?
"League" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,976 in our German list, against #37,421 for "brink". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "brink" and "League".

  • Full dictionary entry for "brink" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "League" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,537,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "brink" and "League" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brink vs puzzles". 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 #1,537,965 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list