legendärvslegendsTell them apart

Quick tell: legendär is a adjective, legends is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“legendär” is an adjective and “legends” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,416
“legendär” frequency rank
#24,421
“legends” frequency rank
46837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature legendär legends
Definition in der Art einer Legende Plural des Substantivs legend

Letter map: legendär vs legends

Shared letters muted; letters that set legendär and legends apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. legendär runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against legends's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
legendär
7 ch
legends

Grammar separator: legendär vs legends

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legendär is anadjective and legendsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46837, 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]. legends is at rank #24,421, tagged as anoun, 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 46837, this pair ranks #1,305,241 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of legendär vs legends

Shared letters: degln. Private to "legendär": rä. Private to "legends": s.

"legendär" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "legends" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • legends ← elgends · leegnds · legedns · legendds · legendss · legennds · legensd · leggends

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "legendär" for "legends" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "legendär" is an adjective and "legends" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "legendär" vs "legends" - which ranks higher?
"legendär" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,416 in our German list, against #24,421 for "legends". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "legendär" and "legends". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "legendär" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "legends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,305,241 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "legendär" and "legends" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legends 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 #1,305,241 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list