issuesvsLeagueWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#38,208
“issues” frequency rank
#1,976
“League” frequency rank
40184
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature issues League
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs issue historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß

Letter map: issues vs League

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

6 ch
issues
6 ch
League

Grammar separator: issues vs League

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: issues is averb and Leagueanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

issues is recorded at frequency rank #38,208, 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 40184, this pair ranks #1,515,732 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of issues vs League

Shared letters: eu. Private to "issues": is. Private to "League": agl.

"issues" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC  ·  "League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • issuesisseus · issuess · issuse · isues · isuses · ißues · sisues
  • Leagueelague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "issues" for "League" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "issues" is a verb and "League" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "issues" 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 #38,208 for "issues". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "issues" and "League".

  • Full dictionary entry for "issues" 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 #1,515,732 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "issues" and "League" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "issues 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 #1,515,732 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