LegionvslegoConfusable pair

Quick tell: Legion is a noun, lego is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Legion” is a noun and “lego” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,684
“Legion” frequency rank
#11,085
“lego” frequency rank
26769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Legion lego
Definition eine Heereseinheit des Römischen Reiches 1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legare

Letter map: Legion vs lego

Shared letters muted; letters that set Legion and lego apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Legion runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against lego's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Legion
4 ch
lego

Grammar separator: Legion vs lego

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Legion is anoun and legoaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Legion is recorded at frequency rank #15,684, classified as anoun, pronounced [leˈɡi̯oːn]. lego is at rank #11,085, tagged as averb, 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 26769, this pair ranks #1,812,697 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Legion vs lego

Shared letters: eglo. Private to "Legion": in. Private to "lego": -.

"Legion" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "lego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Legion ← elgion · leggion · legino · legionn · legoin · leigon · lgeion · llegion
  • lego ← elgo · leggo · leog · lgeo · llego

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Legion" and "lego" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Legion" is a noun and "lego" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Legion" vs "lego" - which ranks higher?
"lego" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,085 in our German list, against #15,684 for "Legion". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Legion" and "lego".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Legion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lego" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,812,697 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Legion" and "lego" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lego 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 #1,812,697 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