largovslegoTell them apart

Quick tell: largo is a adjective, lego is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“largo” is an adjective and “lego” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
#11,085
“lego” frequency rank
60125
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo lego
Definition breit 1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legare

Letter map: largo vs lego

Shared letters muted; letters that set largo and lego apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
largo
4 ch
lego

Role in the sentence - largo and lego

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: largo is anadjective and legoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #49,040, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. lego is at rank #11,085, 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 60125, this pair ranks #798,608 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs lego

Shared letters: glo. Private to "largo": ar. Private to "lego": e.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "lego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largoalrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
  • legoelgo · leggo · leog · lgeo · llego

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "largo" and "lego" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largo" is an adjective and "lego" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "largo" or "lego"?
"lego" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,085 in our German list, against #49,040 for "largo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "largo" and "lego". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lego" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #798,608 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "lego" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largo 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 #798,608 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