lege

/[ˈleːɡə]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,322

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lege is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legen Pronounced [ˈleːɡə]. It ranks #6,322 in German word frequency. Often confused with LG and Leo.

Key facts for lege
PropertyValue
Headwordlege
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈleːɡə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,322
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lege in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for lege is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,322 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for lege, with forms such as "elge", "leeg", and "legge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LG", "Leo", "LTE", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is lege, spelled L-E-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elge,leeg,legge,lgee,llege

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lege

Misspelling Variants of "lege"

elge4leeg4legge5lgee4llege5
Misspelling Variants of "lege"

Frequency rank: #6,322 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lege"?
"lege" is spelled L-E-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleːɡə].
What does "lege" mean?
As a verb, "lege" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs legen
What words are commonly confused with "lege"?
"lege" is commonly confused with "LG", "Leo", "LTE". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lege"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lege" is [ˈleːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lege" come from?
"lege" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.