knightsvslegendsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#27,812
“knights” frequency rank
#24,421
“legends” frequency rank
52233
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature knights legends
Definition Plural des Substantivs knight Plural des Substantivs legend

Letter map: knights vs legends

Shared letters muted; letters that set knights and legends apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. knights (CCVCCCC) and legends (CVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
knights
7 ch
legends

Spelling & dictionary notes on knights vs legends

knights and legends 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 share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

knights is recorded at frequency rank #27,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. legends is at rank #24,421, 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 52233, this pair ranks #1,104,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of knights vs legends

Shared letters: gns. Private to "knights": hikt. Private to "legends": del.

"knights" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC  ·  "legends" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • knightskinghts · kknights · kngihts · knigghts · knighhts · knighst · knightss · knightts
  • legendselgends · leegnds · legedns · legendds · legendss · legennds · legensd · leggends

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "knights" and "legends" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "knights" vs "legends" - which ranks higher?
"legends" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,421 in our German list, against #27,812 for "knights". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "knights" vs "legends" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "knights" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "legends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,104,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "knights" and "legends" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "knights 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 #1,104,854 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