Which to use
“Leid” and “Leine” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,263
- “Leid” frequency rank
- #9,763
- “Leine” frequency rank
- 11026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Leid | Leine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | starker Kummer, starker psychischer oder seelischer Schmerz | längere feste Schnur, an der etwas festgemacht wird oder mit der etwas festgemacht wird; dünnes Seil |
Where the eye mixes Leid and Leine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Leid runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Leine's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Leid vs Leine
A purely visual mix-up. Leid ([laɪ̯t]) and Leine ([ˈlaɪ̯nə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Leid is recorded at frequency rank #1,263, classified as anoun, pronounced [laɪ̯t]. Leine is at rank #9,763, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlaɪ̯nə].
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 11026, this pair ranks #1,972,080 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Leid vs Leine
Shared letters: eil. Private to "Leid": d. Private to "Leine": n.
"Leid" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Leine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Leid" and "Leine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Leid" or "Leine"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Leid" and "Leine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Leid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Leine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,972,080 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Leid" and "Leine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Leibes vs Leine". 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 #1,972,080 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.