leaks vs Lees, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#28,748
“leaks” frequency rank: #49,048
“Lees” frequency rank: 77796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	leaks	Lees
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leak	Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Lee

Letter map: leaks vs Lees

Shared letters muted; letters that set leaks and Lees apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

leaks

4 ch

Lees

Part-of-speech tell for leaks / Lees

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leaks is averb and Leesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leaks is recorded at frequency rank #28,748, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Lees is at rank #49,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced [leːs].

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 77796, this pair ranks #252,721 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of leaks vs Lees

Shared letters: els. Private to "leaks": ak. Private to "Lees": -.

"leaks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Lees" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

leaks ← elaks · laeks · leakks · leakss · leask · lekas · lleaks
Lees ← eles · leess · llees

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "leaks" for "Lees" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "leaks" is a verb and "Lees" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "leaks" or "Lees"?

"leaks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,748 in our German list, against #49,048 for "Lees". 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 "leaks" and "Lees".

Full dictionary entry for "leaks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Lees" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #252,721 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"leaks" and "Lees" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lees vs Loses". 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 #252,721 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.