Which to use
“Lemke” is a name and “lese” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,888
- “Lemke” frequency rank
- #2,907
- “lese” frequency rank
- 38795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Lemke | lese |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs lesen |
Letter map: Lemke vs lese
Shared letters muted; letters that set Lemke and lese apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Lemke / lese
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lemke is aname and leseaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Lemke is recorded at frequency rank #35,888, classified as aname, pronounced […]. lese is at rank #2,907, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈleːzə].
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 38795, this pair ranks #1,554,410 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Lemke vs lese
Shared letters: el. Private to "Lemke": km. Private to "lese": s.
"Lemke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lese" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Lemke" and "lese" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Lemke" vs "lese" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lemke" and "lese".
- Full dictionary entry for "Lemke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lese" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,554,410 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Lemke" and "lese" 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 #1,554,410 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.