legte

/[ˈleːktə]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,977

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

legte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen Pronounced [ˈleːktə]. It ranks #1,977 in German word frequency. Often confused with LTE and let.

Key facts for legte
PropertyValue
Headwordlegte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈleːktə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,977
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for legte is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleːktə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,977 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 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for legte, with forms such as "elgte", "leget", and "leggte". 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, "LTE", "let", "lese", 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 legte, spelled L-E-G-T-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 Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elgte,leget,leggte,legtte,letge,lgete,llegte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for legte

Misspelling Variants of "legte"

elgte5leget5leggte6legtte6letge5lgete5llegte6
Misspelling Variants of "legte"

Frequency rank: #1,977 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "legte"?
"legte" is spelled L-E-G-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleːktə].
What does "legte" mean?
As a verb, "legte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs legen
What words are commonly confused with "legte"?
"legte" is commonly confused with "LTE", "let", "lese". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "legte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "legte" is [ˈleːktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "legte" come from?
"legte" 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.