Which to use
“legte” is a verb and “LTE” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,977
- “legte” frequency rank
- #9,590
- “LTE” frequency rank
- 11567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legte | LTE |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen | Long Term Evolution, ein Mobilfunkstandard (4. Generation) |
Letter map: legte vs LTE
Shared letters muted; letters that set legte and LTE apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for legte / LTE
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legte is averb and LTEanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11567, 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]. LTE is at rank #9,590, 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 11567, this pair ranks #1,969,176 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of legte vs LTE
Shared letters: elt. Private to "legte": g. Private to "LTE": -.
"legte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "LTE" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- legte ← elgte · leget · leggte · legtte · letge · lgete · llegte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "legte" for "LTE" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "legte" or "LTE" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "legte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "LTE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,969,176 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legte" and "LTE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LTE 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 #1,969,176 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.