Which to use
“leaker” is a noun and “leased” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,319
- “leaker” frequency rank
- #12,629
- “leased” frequency rank
- 60948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leaker | leased |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Somebody who leaks information. | simple past and past participle of lease |
Letter map: leaker vs leased
Shared letters muted; letters that set leaker and leased apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - leaker and leased
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leaker is anoun and leasedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leaker is recorded at frequency rank #48,319, classified as anoun. leased is at rank #12,629, tagged as averb, pronounced /liːst/.
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 60948, this pair ranks #97,235 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of leaker vs leased
Shared letters: ael. Private to "leaker": kr. Private to "leased": ds.
"leaker" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "leased" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leaker" and "leased" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "leaker" vs "leased" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "leaker" and "leased".
- Full dictionary entry for "leaker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leased" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,235 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leaker" and "leased" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laver vs leaker". 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 #97,235 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.