Which to use
“leaks” and “legs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,019
- “leaks” frequency rank
- #16,929
- “legs” frequency rank
- 60948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leaks | legs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de leak. | Don fait par testament ou par autre acte de dernière volonté. |
Where the eye mixes leaks and legs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. leaks runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against legs's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: leaks vs legs
A purely visual mix-up. leaks (\ˈliks\) and legs (\lɛ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leaks is recorded at frequency rank #44,019, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈliks\. legs is at rank #16,929, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɛ\.
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 #94,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of leaks vs legs
Shared letters: els. Private to "leaks": ak. Private to "legs": g.
"leaks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "legs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leaks" and "legs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "leaks" vs "legs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "leaks" and "legs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leaks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leaks" and "legs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leaks vs levais". 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 #94,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.