# legten vs letter

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### legten
*verb · IPA [ˈleːktn̩] · frequency rank #8,746*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen

### letter
*noun · IPA [letə(r)] · frequency rank #29,681*
Brief

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/legten-vs-letter