dancingvsLeagueWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#23,470
“dancing” frequency rank
#1,976
“League” frequency rank
25446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dancing League
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs dance historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß

Letter map: dancing vs League

Shared letters muted; letters that set dancing and League apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
dancing
6 ch
League

Role in the sentence - dancing and League

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dancing is averb and Leagueanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dancing is recorded at frequency rank #23,470, classified as averb, 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 25446, this pair ranks #1,833,172 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dancing vs League

Shared letters: ag. Private to "dancing": cdin. Private to "League": elu.

"dancing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dancingadncing · dacning · danccing · dancign · dancingg · dancinng · dancnig · danicng
  • Leagueelague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dancing" for "League" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dancing" is a verb and "League" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dancing" 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 #23,470 for "dancing". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dancing" 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 #1,833,172 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dancing" and "League" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dancing 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 #1,833,172 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