Which to use
“legends” is a noun and “Nahmen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,421
- “legends” frequency rank
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- 26931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legends | Nahmen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs legend | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: legends vs Nahmen
Shared letters muted; letters that set legends and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for legends / Nahmen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legends is anoun and Nahmenaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legends is recorded at frequency rank #24,421, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Nahmen is at rank #2,510, tagged as aname, 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 26931, this pair ranks #1,810,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of legends vs Nahmen
Shared letters: en. Private to "legends": dgls. Private to "Nahmen": ahm.
"legends" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "legends" for "Nahmen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "legends" vs "Nahmen" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "legends" and "Nahmen".
- Full dictionary entry for "legends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,810,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legends" and "Nahmen" 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 #1,810,030 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.