Which to use
“legged” is an adjective and “lunged” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,982
- “legged” frequency rank
- #47,737
- “lunged” frequency rank
- 62719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legged | lunged |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having legs of a certain specified type or number. | simple past and past participle of lunge |
Where the eye mixes legged and lunged
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses legged with lunged
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: legged is /ˈlɛɡɪd/ while lunged is /lʌnd͡ʒd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legged is recorded at frequency rank #14,982, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈlɛɡɪd/. lunged is at rank #47,737, tagged as averb, pronounced /lʌnd͡ʒd/.
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 62719, this pair ranks #86,909 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of legged vs lunged
Shared letters: degl. Private to "legged": -. Private to "lunged": nu.
"legged" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "lunged" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "legged" and "lunged" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "legged" or "lunged" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "legged" and "lunged" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "legged" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lunged" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,909 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legged" and "lunged" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luger vs lunged". 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 #86,909 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.