fortunevsleasingConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#30,054
“fortune” frequency rank
#24,419
“leasing” frequency rank
54473
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fortune leasing
Definition Schicksal, Zukunft Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs lease

Letter map: fortune vs leasing

Shared letters muted; letters that set fortune and leasing apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. fortune (CVCCVCV) and leasing (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
fortune
7 ch
leasing

Role in the sentence - fortune and leasing

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fortune is anoun and leasingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fortune is recorded at frequency rank #30,054, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. leasing is at rank #24,419, 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 54473, this pair ranks #1,017,524 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fortune vs leasing

Shared letters: en. Private to "fortune": fortu. Private to "leasing": agils.

"fortune" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "leasing" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fortune ← ffortune · forrtune · fortnue · forttune · fortuen · fortunne · forutne · fotrune
  • leasing ← elasing · laesing · leaisng · leasign · leasingg · leasinng · leasnig · leassing

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fortune" and "leasing" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fortune" is a noun and "leasing" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fortune" or "leasing"?
"leasing" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,419 in our German list, against #30,054 for "fortune". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "fortune" vs "leasing" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fortune" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "leasing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,017,524 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fortune" and "leasing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortune 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 #1,017,524 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