Which to use
“leasing” is a verb and “Lessing” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,419
- “leasing” frequency rank
- #19,986
- “Lessing” frequency rank
- 44405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leasing | Lessing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs lease | deutscher Familienname |
Letter map: leasing vs Lessing
Shared letters muted; letters that set leasing and Lessing apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for leasing / Lessing
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leasing is averb and Lessinganame. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “leasing” becomes s in “Lessing”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leasing is recorded at frequency rank #24,419, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Lessing is at rank #19,986, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈlɛsɪŋ].
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 44405, this pair ranks #1,387,243 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of leasing vs Lessing
Shared letters: egilns. Private to "leasing": a. Private to "Lessing": -.
"leasing" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "Lessing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leasing" and "Lessing" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "leasing" or "Lessing" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "leasing" vs "Lessing" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "leasing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lessing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,387,243 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leasing" and "Lessing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leasing 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 #1,387,243 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.