Kleiber

[ˈklaɪ̯bɐ]

/[ˈklaɪ̯bɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kleiber” is uncommon German (frequency #68,397 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,397
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine mitteleuropäische Vogelart (Sitta europaea): typisch gefärbter, blaugelber Vogel mit kräftigem Schnabel und kurzem Schwanz

Corpus desk

Index DE-kleiber · Kleiber · German

Kleiber · rank #68,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,397
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kleb

Nearest frequency peer: kleb (-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 „Kleiber“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kleiber“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kleiber
PropertyValue
HeadwordKleiber
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈklaɪ̯bɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#68,397
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kleiber“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kleiberfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kleb“ (#68,396), „Kleister“ (#68,398), „Klassenarbeit“ (#68,395). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kleiber“ bei #68,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kleiber is uncommon German at frequency #68,397 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaɪ̯bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kleiber, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kleiber, spelled K-L-E-I-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine mitteleuropäische Vogelart (Sitta europaea): typisch gefärbter, blaugelber Vogel mit kräftigem Schnabel und kurzem Schwanz
  2. 2
    die Gattung der Kleiber^([1]) (Sitta)
  3. 3
    die Familie der Kleiber^([1]) (Sittidae)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kleiber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kleiber können im Gegensatz zu Spechten die Bäume nicht nur aufwärts, sondern ebenso hinunter laufen.
  2. Der Kleiber ist Vogel des Jahres 2006.

Synonyms

BlauspechtSpechtmeiseSitta europaea

This word in other languages

nuthatch(English)trepatroncos(Español)sittelle torchepot(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kleiber"?
"Kleiber" is spelled K-L-E-I-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklaɪ̯bɐ].
What does "Kleiber" mean?
As a noun, "Kleiber" means: eine mitteleuropäische Vogelart (Sitta europaea): typisch gefärbter, blaugelber Vogel mit kräftigem Schnabel und kurzem Schwanz
How do you pronounce "Kleiber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kleiber" is [ˈklaɪ̯bɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kleiber" come from?
"Kleiber" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kleiber", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list