Which to use
“hung” is a verb and “League” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,242
- “hung” frequency rank
- #1,976
- “League” frequency rank
- 37218
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hung | League |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs hang | historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß |
Letter map: hung vs League
Shared letters muted; letters that set hung and League apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - hung and League
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hung is averb and Leagueanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37218, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hung is recorded at frequency rank #35,242, 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 37218, this pair ranks #1,595,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hung vs League
Shared letters: gu. Private to "hung": hn. Private to "League": ael.
"hung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "hung" vs "League" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hung" and "League". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hung" 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 #1,595,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hung" and "League" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hung 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 #1,595,840 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.