Which to use
“leere” is an adjective and “Lemke” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,286
- “leere” frequency rank
- #35,888
- “Lemke” frequency rank
- 40174
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leere | Lemke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer | deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname |
Letter map: leere vs Lemke
Shared letters muted; letters that set leere and Lemke apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. leere (CVVCV) and Lemke (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: leere vs Lemke
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leere is anadjective and Lemkeaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leere is recorded at frequency rank #4,286, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈleːʁə]. 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 40174, this pair ranks #1,515,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leere vs Lemke
Shared letters: el. Private to "leere": r. Private to "Lemke": km.
"leere" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Lemke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leere" and "Lemke" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "leere" or "Lemke" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "leere" vs "Lemke" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "leere" 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 #1,515,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leere" 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 #1,515,990 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.