claimsvsligaConfusable pair

Quick tell: claims is a verb, liga is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“claims” is a verb and “liga” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,201
“claims” frequency rank
#1,607
“liga” frequency rank
46808
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature claims liga
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs claim Krankheit

Letter map: claims vs liga

Shared letters muted; letters that set claims and liga apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
claims
4 ch
liga

Grammar separator: claims vs liga

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claims is averb and ligaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claims is recorded at frequency rank #45,201, classified as averb, pronounced […]. liga is at rank #1,607, 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 46808, this pair ranks #1,306,274 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of claims vs liga

Shared letters: ail. Private to "claims": cms. Private to "liga": g.

"claims" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "liga" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claimscalims · cclaims · claimms · claimss · claism · clamis · cliams · cllaims
  • ligailga · lgia · liag · ligga · lliga

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "claims" for "liga" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claims" is a verb and "liga" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "claims" vs "liga" - which ranks higher?
"liga" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,607 in our German list, against #45,201 for "claims". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "claims" and "liga".

  • Full dictionary entry for "claims" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "liga" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,306,274 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claims" and "liga" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claims 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 #1,306,274 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