Which to use
“leed” and “legend” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,780
- “leed” frequency rank
- #3,375
- “legend” frequency rank
- 44155
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leed | legend |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Language; tongue. | The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend). |
Where the eye mixes leed and legend
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. leed runs 4 letters (CVVC) against legend's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: leed vs legend
A purely visual mix-up. leed (/liːd/) and legend (/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leed is recorded at frequency rank #40,780, classified as anoun, pronounced /liːd/. legend is at rank #3,375, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/.
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 44155, this pair ranks #233,198 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of leed vs legend
Shared letters: del. Private to "leed": -. Private to "legend": gn.
"leed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "legend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leed" and "legend" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "leed" or "legend"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "leed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legend" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,198 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leed" and "legend" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leed vs lel". 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 #233,198 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.