lemonvsleoneTell them apart

Which to use

“lemon” and “leone” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,151
“lemon” frequency rank
#19,635
“leone” frequency rank
51786
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lemon leone
Definition Zitrone der Löwe: Tier der Art der Katzen, das in Rudeln lebt und leicht an der Mähne des entsprechenden Männchens erkennbar ist

Letter map: lemon vs leone

Shared letters muted; letters that set lemon and leone apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
lemon
5 ch
leone

Corpus notes: lemon and leone

lemon and leone are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lemon is recorded at frequency rank #32,151, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. leone is at rank #19,635, tagged as anoun, pronounced [leˈoːne].

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 51786, this pair ranks #1,122,077 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lemon vs leone

Shared letters: elno. Private to "lemon": m. Private to "leone": -.

"lemon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "leone" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lemonelmon · lemmon · lemno · lemonn · leomn · llemon · lmeon
  • leoneelone · lenoe · leoen · leonne · lleone · loene

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lemon" for "leone" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "lemon" vs "leone" - which ranks higher?
"leone" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,635 in our German list, against #32,151 for "lemon". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "lemon" and "leone". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lemon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "leone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,122,077 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lemon" and "leone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lemon 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 #1,122,077 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list