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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lebendes" for "legends" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lebendes" vs "legends" - which ranks higher?
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.