labile

[laˈbiːlə]

/[laˈbiːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“labile” is uncommon German (frequency #85,490 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,490
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil

Corpus desk

Index DE-labile · labile · German

labile · rank #85,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,490
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH kündet

Nearest frequency peer: kündet (-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 „labile“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for labile
PropertyValue
Headwordlabile
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[laˈbiːlə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#85,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „labile“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kündet“ (#85,489), „Landbesitzer“ (#85,491), „Königsbrunn“ (#85,488). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „labile“ bei #85,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

labile is uncommon German at frequency #85,490 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [laˈbiːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for labile, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is labile, spelled L-A-B-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil

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 "labile"?
"labile" is spelled L-A-B-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈbiːlə].
What does "labile" mean?
As an adjective, "labile" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs labil
How do you pronounce "labile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "labile" is [laˈbiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kündet#85,489Kusine#85,487leaken#85,504Kibbuz#85,440

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list