Which to use
“leckte” is a verb and “Lemke” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,504
- “leckte” frequency rank
- #35,888
- “Lemke” frequency rank
- 75392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leckte | Lemke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lecken | deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname |
Letter map: leckte vs Lemke
Shared letters muted; letters that set leckte and Lemke apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - leckte and Lemke
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leckte is averb and Lemkeaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leckte is recorded at frequency rank #39,504, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlɛktə]. Lemke is at rank #35,888, tagged as aname, 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 75392, this pair ranks #309,142 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of leckte vs Lemke
Shared letters: ekl. Private to "leckte": ct. Private to "Lemke": m.
"leckte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "Lemke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "leckte" vs "Lemke" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "leckte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lemke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,142 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leckte" and "Lemke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lemke 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 #309,142 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.