legavslegoConfusable pair

Which to use

“lega” and “lego” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,002
“lega” frequency rank
#15,655
“lego” frequency rank
57657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lega lego
Definition Forma del femenino singular de lego. Dicho de una persona, que no ejerce el sacerdocio ni está adscrita a ninguna orden religiosa.

Where the eye mixes lega and lego

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lega and lego follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
lega
4 ch
lego

Visual trap between lega and lego

A purely visual mix-up. lega ([ˈleɣ̞a]) and lego ([ˈleɣ̞o]) 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 a single letter - a in “lega” becomes o in “lego”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lega is recorded at frequency rank #42,002, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈleɣ̞a]. lego is at rank #15,655, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈleɣ̞o].

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 57657, this pair ranks #69,614 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lega vs lego

Shared letters: egl. Private to "lega": a. Private to "lego": o.

"lega" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "lego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lega ← elga · leag · legga · lgea
  • lego ← elgo · leggo · leog · lgeo · llego

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lega" for "lego" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈleɣ̞a] versus [ˈleɣ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "lega" vs "lego" - which ranks higher?
"lego" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,655 in our Spanish list, against #42,002 for "lega". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "lega" and "lego" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lego" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,614 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lega" and "lego" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lega vs Lyra". 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 #69,614 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list