LiedernvsliefertWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Liedern is a noun, liefert is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Liedern” is a noun and “liefert” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,749
“Liedern” frequency rank
#3,134
“liefert” frequency rank
11883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Liedern liefert
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Lied 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs liefern

Where the eye mixes Liedern and liefert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Liedern and liefert follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Liedern
7 ch
liefert

Visual trap between Liedern and liefert

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Liedern is [ˈliːdɐn] while liefert is [ˈliːfɐt]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Liedern is recorded at frequency rank #8,749, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈliːdɐn]. liefert is at rank #3,134, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈliːfɐt].

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 11883, this pair ranks #1,967,401 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Liedern vs liefert

Shared letters: eilr. Private to "Liedern": dn. Private to "liefert": ft.

"Liedern" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "liefert" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Liederniledern · leidern · lideern · lieddern · liedenr · liedernn · liederrn · liedren
  • liefertilefert · leifert · lieefrt · lieferrt · liefertt · liefetr · lieffert · liefret

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Liedern" and "liefert" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Liedern" is a noun and "liefert" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Liedern" vs "liefert" - which ranks higher?
"liefert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,134 in our German list, against #8,749 for "Liedern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Liedern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "liefert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,967,401 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Liedern" and "liefert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Liedern vs lindert". 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 #1,967,401 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list