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Which to use

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

#8,885
“installation” frequency rank
#1,976
“League” frequency rank
10861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature installation League
Definition Einrichtung, Installation historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß

Letter map: installation vs League

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

12 ch
installation
6 ch
League

Spelling & dictionary notes on installation vs League

installation and League 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 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

installation is recorded at frequency rank #8,885, classified as anoun, 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 10861, this pair ranks #1,972,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of installation vs League

Shared letters: al. Private to "installation": inost. Private to "League": egu.

"installation" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • installationinnstallation · insatllation · insstallation · instalaltion · instalation · installaiton · installatino · installationn
  • Leagueelague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "installation" for "League" ever safe?
No. They differ by 6 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "installation" or "League"?
"League" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,976 in our German list, against #8,885 for "installation". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "installation" 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 #1,972,954 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "installation" and "League" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installation 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 #1,972,954 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