evenvsLeagueTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#18,532
“even” frequency rank
#1,976
“League” frequency rank
20508
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature even League
Definition eben, ausgeglichen historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß

Letter map: even vs League

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

4 ch
even
6 ch
League

Role in the sentence - even and League

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: even is anadjective and Leagueanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

even is recorded at frequency rank #18,532, classified as anadj, 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 20508, this pair ranks #1,896,882 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of even vs League

Shared letters: e. Private to "even": nv. Private to "League": aglu.

"even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eveneevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen
  • Leagueelague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "even" for "League" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "even" is an adjective and "League" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "even" or "League" show up more?
"League" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,976 in our German list, against #18,532 for "even". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "even" and "League". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "even" 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 #1,896,882 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "even" and "League" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "even 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 #1,896,882 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