LeaguevsveraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: League is a noun, vera is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,976
“League” frequency rank
#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
10278
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature League vera
Definition historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß wahr, regelrecht

Letter map: League vs vera

Shared letters muted; letters that set League and vera apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. League runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against vera's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
League
4 ch
vera

Role in the sentence - League and vera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: League is anoun and veraanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

League is recorded at frequency rank #1,976, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. vera is at rank #8,302, tagged as anadj, 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 10278, this pair ranks #1,975,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of League vs vera

Shared letters: ae. Private to "League": glu. Private to "vera": rv.

"League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "vera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Leagueelague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague
  • veraevra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "League" for "vera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "League" is a noun and "vera" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "League" or "vera"?
"League" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,976 in our German list, against #8,302 for "vera". 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 "vera". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "League" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,975,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "League" and "vera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs vera". 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 #1,975,916 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