Which to use
“lego” and “legte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,085
- “lego” frequency rank
- #1,977
- “legte” frequency rank
- 13062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lego | legte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legare | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen |
Letter map: lego vs legte
Shared letters muted; letters that set lego and legte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lego runs 4 letters (CVCV) against legte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: lego and legte
lego and legte are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lego is recorded at frequency rank #11,085, classified as averb, pronounced […]. legte is at rank #1,977, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈleːktə].
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 13062, this pair ranks #1,960,358 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lego vs legte
Shared letters: egl. Private to "lego": o. Private to "legte": t.
"lego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "legte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lego" for "legte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lego" vs "legte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lego" and "legte".
- Full dictionary entry for "lego" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,960,358 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lego" and "legte" 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 #1,960,358 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.