LeaguevslegteWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,976
“League” frequency rank
#1,977
“legte” frequency rank
3953
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature League legte
Definition historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen

Letter map: League vs legte

Shared letters muted; letters that set League and legte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
League
5 ch
legte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: League is anoun and legteaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

League is recorded at frequency rank #1,976, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. legte is at rank #1,977, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈleːktə].

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 3953, this pair ranks #1,998,936 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of League vs legte

Shared letters: egl. Private to "League": au. Private to "legte": t.

"League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "legte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Leagueelague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague
  • legteelgte · leget · leggte · legtte · letge · lgete · llegte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "League" and "legte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "League" is a noun and "legte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "League" or "legte"?
"League" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,976 in our German list, against #1,977 for "legte". 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 "League" and "legte". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "League" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "legte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,998,936 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "League" and "legte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "League 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list