Which to use
“legends” is a noun and “liegende” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,421
- “legends” frequency rank
- #7,502
- “liegende” frequency rank
- 31923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legends | liegende |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs legend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs liegend |
Letter map: legends vs liegende
Shared letters muted; letters that set legends and liegende apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. legends runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against liegende's 8 (CVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for legends / liegende
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legends is anoun and liegendeanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legends is recorded at frequency rank #24,421, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. liegende is at rank #7,502, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈliːɡn̩də].
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 31923, this pair ranks #1,718,309 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of legends vs liegende
Shared letters: degln. Private to "legends": s. Private to "liegende": i.
"legends" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "liegende" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "legends" and "liegende" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "legends" vs "liegende" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "legends" and "liegende".
- Full dictionary entry for "legends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "liegende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,718,309 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legends" and "liegende" 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 #1,718,309 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.