anleiten
[ˈanˌlaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“anleiten” is uncommon German (frequency #69,988 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,988
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (jemandem) vorführen, wie eine Tätigkeit durchzuführen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-anleiten · anleiten · German
anleiten · rank #69,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,988
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anhebt
Nearest frequency peer: anhebt (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „anleiten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- angehabt
angehabt
30,016 corpus weight
- angestrichen
angestrichen
30,015 corpus weight
- anhebt
anhebt
30,014 corpus weight
- anleiten
anleiten
30,013 corpus weight
- anmutige
anmutige
30,012 corpus weight
- annan
annan
30,011 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anleiten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anleiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌlaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anleiten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anleiten is uncommon German at frequency #69,988 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌlaɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(jemandem) vorführen, wie eine Tätigkeit durchzuführen ist".
anleiten has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is anleiten, spelled A-N-L-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1(jemandem) vorführen, wie eine Tätigkeit durchzuführen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anleiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[Anette Kast-Zahn:] Dabei sind sie es doch, die ihr Kind anleiten sollen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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