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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.

4 ch
lego
5 ch
legte

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

  • lego ← elgo · leggo · leog · lgeo · llego
  • legte ← elgte · leget · leggte · legtte · letge · lgete · llegte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lego" for "legte" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "lego" vs "legte" - which ranks higher?
"legte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,977 in our German list, against #11,085 for "lego". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list