Which to use
“legte” is a verb and “Lemke” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,977
- “legte” frequency rank
- #35,888
- “Lemke” frequency rank
- 37865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legte | Lemke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen | deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname |
Letter map: legte vs Lemke
Shared letters muted; letters that set legte and Lemke apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for legte / Lemke
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legte is averb and Lemkeaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legte is recorded at frequency rank #1,977, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈleːktə]. Lemke is at rank #35,888, tagged as aname, 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 37865, this pair ranks #1,579,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of legte vs Lemke
Shared letters: el. Private to "legte": gt. Private to "Lemke": km.
"legte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Lemke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "legte" and "Lemke" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "legte" vs "Lemke" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "legte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lemke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,579,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legte" and "Lemke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lemke 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 #1,579,032 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.