KlingervsleasingWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#31,126
“Klinger” frequency rank
#24,419
“leasing” frequency rank
55545
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Klinger leasing
Definition deutscher Nachname Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs lease

Letter map: Klinger vs leasing

Shared letters muted; letters that set Klinger and leasing apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Klinger (CCVCCVC) and leasing (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
Klinger
7 ch
leasing

Part-of-speech tell for Klinger / leasing

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Klinger is aname and leasingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Klinger is recorded at frequency rank #31,126, classified as aname, 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 55545, this pair ranks #975,413 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Klinger vs leasing

Shared letters: egiln. Private to "Klinger": kr. Private to "leasing": as.

"Klinger" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "leasing" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Klingerkilnger · kklinger · kligner · klinegr · klingerr · klingger · klingre · klinnger
  • leasingelasing · laesing · leaisng · leasign · leasingg · leasinng · leasnig · leassing

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Klinger" for "leasing" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Klinger" is a name and "leasing" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Klinger" or "leasing"?
"leasing" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,419 in our German list, against #31,126 for "Klinger". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Klinger" and "leasing".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Klinger" 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 #975,413 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Klinger" and "leasing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Klinger 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 #975,413 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