# Lees vs legst

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### legst
*verb · IPA [leːkst] · frequency rank #17,645*
2. 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-legst