legtvsLPGWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: legt is a verb, LPG is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“legt” is a verb and “LPG” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,604
“legt” frequency rank
#30,671
“LPG” frequency rank
32275
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature legt LPG
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legen landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft

Letter map: legt vs LPG

Shared letters muted; letters that set legt and LPG apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
legt
3 ch
LPG

Part-of-speech tell for legt / LPG

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legt is averb and LPGanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

legt is recorded at frequency rank #1,604, classified as averb, pronounced [leːkt]. LPG is at rank #30,671, tagged as anabbrev, 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 32275, this pair ranks #1,711,094 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of legt vs LPG

Shared letters: gl. Private to "legt": et. Private to "LPG": p.

"legt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "LPG" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • legtelgt · leggt · legtt · letg · lget · llegt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "legt" and "LPG" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "legt" is a verb and "LPG" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "legt" or "LPG"?
"legt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,604 in our German list, against #30,671 for "LPG". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "legt" and "LPG".

  • Full dictionary entry for "legt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "LPG" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,711,094 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "legt" and "LPG" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LPG 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 #1,711,094 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