# Lees vs lege

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lees
*noun · IPA [leːs] · frequency rank #49,048*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Lee

### lege
*verb · IPA [ˈleːɡə] · frequency rank #6,322*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/lees-vs-lege