Which to use
“legendär” and “legendäre” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,416
- “legendär” frequency rank
- #14,619
- “legendäre” frequency rank
- 37035
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legendär | legendäre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in der Art einer Legende | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs legendär |
Where the eye mixes legendär and legendäre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. legendär runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against legendäre's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between legendär and legendäre
A purely visual mix-up. legendär ([leɡɛnˈdɛːɐ̯]) and legendäre ([leɡɛnˈdɛːʁə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “legendär” sits inside “legendäre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37035, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legendär is recorded at frequency rank #22,416, classified as anadj, pronounced [leɡɛnˈdɛːɐ̯]. legendäre is at rank #14,619, tagged as anadj, pronounced [leɡɛnˈdɛːʁə].
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 37035, this pair ranks #1,600,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of legendär vs legendäre
Shared letters: deglnrä. Private to "legendär": -. Private to "legendäre": -.
"legendär" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "legendäre" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "legendär" for "legendäre" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "legendär" or "legendäre" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "legendär" and "legendäre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "legendär" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legendäre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,600,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legendär" and "legendäre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legendär vs liegender". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,600,455 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.