legovslexTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#11,085
“lego” frequency rank
#12,961
“lex” frequency rank
24046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lego lex
Definition 1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legare das Recht, das Gesetz, die Gesetzessammlung

Letter map: lego vs lex

Shared letters muted; letters that set lego and lex apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
lego
3 ch
lex

Grammar separator: lego vs lex

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lego is averb and lexanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lego is recorded at frequency rank #11,085, classified as averb, pronounced […]. lex is at rank #12,961, tagged as anoun.

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 24046, this pair ranks #1,853,077 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lego vs lex

Shared letters: el. Private to "lego": go. Private to "lex": x.

"lego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lex" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • legoelgo · leggo · leog · lgeo · llego

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lego" and "lex" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lego" is a verb and "lex" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lego" or "lex" show up more?
"lego" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,085 in our German list, against #12,961 for "lex". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "lego" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lex" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,853,077 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lego" and "lex" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lees vs lex". 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 #1,853,077 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