formsvslegoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#45,276
“forms” frequency rank
#11,085
“lego” frequency rank
56361
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature forms lego
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs form 1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legare

Letter map: forms vs lego

Shared letters muted; letters that set forms and lego apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. forms runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against lego's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
forms
4 ch
lego

Corpus notes: forms and lego

forms and lego 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 56361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

forms is recorded at frequency rank #45,276, classified as averb, pronounced […]. lego is at rank #11,085, tagged as averb, 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 56361, this pair ranks #943,258 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of forms vs lego

Shared letters: o. Private to "forms": fmrs. Private to "lego": egl.

"forms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "lego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • forms ← fforms · fomrs · formms · formss · forrms · forsm · froms · ofrms
  • lego ← elgo · leggo · leog · lgeo · llego

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "forms" and "lego" be used interchangeably?
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: "forms" vs "lego" - which ranks higher?
"lego" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,085 in our German list, against #45,276 for "forms". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "forms" vs "lego" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "forms" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lego" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #943,258 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "forms" and "lego" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forms 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 #943,258 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