Which to use
“leckere” is an adjective and “lockere” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,282
- “leckere” frequency rank
- #18,321
- “lockere” frequency rank
- 29603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leckere | lockere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lecker | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs lockern |
Where the eye mixes leckere and lockere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. leckere and lockere follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between leckere and lockere
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: leckere is [ˈlɛkəʁə] while lockere is [ˈlɔkəʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “leckere” becomes o in “lockere”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leckere is recorded at frequency rank #11,282, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈlɛkəʁə]. lockere is at rank #18,321, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlɔkəʁə].
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 29603, this pair ranks #1,763,764 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leckere vs lockere
Shared letters: ceklr. Private to "leckere": -. Private to "lockere": o.
"leckere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "lockere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leckere" for "lockere" ever safe?
Frequency check: "leckere" vs "lockere" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "leckere" and "lockere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leckere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lockere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,763,764 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leckere" and "lockere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lockere vs lockert". 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 #1,763,764 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.