lebendesvslegendsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: lebendes is a adjective, legends is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#37,647
“lebendes” frequency rank
#24,421
“legends” frequency rank
62068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lebendes legends
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lebend Plural des Substantivs legend

Letter map: lebendes vs legends

Shared letters muted; letters that set lebendes and legends apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. lebendes runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against legends's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
lebendes
7 ch
legends

Part-of-speech tell for lebendes / legends

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lebendes is anadjective and legendsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lebendes is recorded at frequency rank #37,647, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈleːbn̩dəs]. legends is at rank #24,421, tagged as anoun, 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 62068, this pair ranks #726,359 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lebendes vs legends

Shared letters: delns. Private to "lebendes": b. Private to "legends": g.

"lebendes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "legends" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lebendes ← elbendes · lbeendes · lebbendes · lebednes · lebenddes · lebendess · lebendse · lebeneds
  • legends ← elgends · leegnds · legedns · legendds · legendss · legennds · legensd · leggends

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lebendes" for "legends" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lebendes" is an adjective and "legends" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lebendes" vs "legends" - which ranks higher?
"legends" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,421 in our German list, against #37,647 for "lebendes". 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 "lebendes" and "legends".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lebendes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "legends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #726,359 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lebendes" and "legends" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legends 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 #726,359 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