Which to use
“leg” and “legua” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,212
- “leg” frequency rank
- #31,419
- “legua” frequency rank
- 69631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leg | legua |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pierna | Medida de longitud, de dimensión variable según los sistemas, aproximadamente equivalente a la distancia recorrida durante una hora caminando a paso normal. |
Where the eye mixes leg and legua
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. leg runs 3 letters (CVC) against legua's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between leg and legua
A purely visual mix-up. leg ([lɛɡ]) and legua ([ˈleɣ̞wa]) 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 extra letter(s) - “leg” sits inside “legua”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leg is recorded at frequency rank #38,212, classified as anoun, pronounced [lɛɡ]. legua is at rank #31,419, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈleɣ̞wa].
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 69631, this pair ranks #31,558 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of leg vs legua
Shared letters: egl. Private to "leg": -. Private to "legua": au.
"leg" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "legua" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- legua ← elgua · legau · leggua · leuga · lgeua · llegua
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leg" for "legua" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "leg" or "legua" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "leg" and "legua" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,558 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leg" and "legua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leg vs lies". 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 #31,558 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.