Which to use
“effects” is a verb and “legacy” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,305
- “effects” frequency rank
- #31,660
- “legacy” frequency rank
- 55965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effects | legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs effect | Erbe, Erbschaft, Vermächtnis |
Letter map: effects vs legacy
Shared letters muted; letters that set effects and legacy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. effects runs 7 letters (VCCVCCC) against legacy's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for effects / legacy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: effects is averb and legacyanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effects is recorded at frequency rank #24,305, classified as averb, pronounced […]. legacy is at rank #31,660, 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 55965, this pair ranks #958,818 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effects vs legacy
Shared letters: ce. Private to "effects": fst. Private to "legacy": agly.
"effects" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC · "legacy" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "effects" and "legacy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "effects" or "legacy" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "effects" and "legacy".
- Full dictionary entry for "effects" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legacy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #958,818 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effects" and "legacy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legacy 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 #958,818 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.