lebendig

[leˈbɛndɪç]

/[leˈbɛndɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“lebendig” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,618. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,618
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lebend, am Leben, nicht tot

Corpus desk

Index DE-lebendig · lebendig · German

lebendig · rank #5,618 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,618
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH landet

Nearest frequency peer: landet (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „lebendig“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „lebendig“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lebendig vs lebendige
89% similar
lebendig vs lebendigen
80% similar
lebendig vs lebendiger
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lebendig
PropertyValue
Headwordlebendig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[leˈbɛndɪç]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,618
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „lebendig“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.lebendigliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „landet“ (#5,617), „liebes“ (#5,619), „kriegst“ (#5,616). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lebendig“ bei #5,618. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around lebendig (IPA [leˈbɛndɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,618 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for lebendig, with forms such as "elbendig", "lbeendig", and "lebbendig". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "lebendige", "lebendigen", "lebendiger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is lebendig, spelled L-E-B-E-N-D-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    lebend, am Leben, nicht tot
  2. 2
    (noch) existent, fortwährend
  3. 3
    lebhaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Beschäftigung mit dem Totenreich der Vergangenheit ist sinnlos, wenn sie nicht der Sinngebung der lebendigen Gegenwart dient.“:[1] Man fand ihn noch lebendig vor.
  2. „Mithilfe völlig zufälliger Reaktionen entstanden einige der auf Kohlenstoff basierenden chemischen Stoffe, die in Lebewesen vorzufinden sind. Später fand man auf Kohlenstoff basierende chemische Stoffe in Meteoriten und Kometen und sogar im »leeren« Raum. Diese Stoffe sind viel einfacher als jedes Gen und zweifellos nicht lebendig.“

Synonyms

lebendlebhaft

Antonyms

totlebloslahmträgeunlebendig

This word in other languages

alive(English)vivo(Español)vivant(Français)vivo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elbendig
  • lbeendig
  • lebbendig
  • lebednig
  • lebenddig
  • lebendgi
  • lebendigg
  • lebenidg
  • lebenndig
  • lebnedig
  • leebndig
  • llebendig

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lebendig - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

elbendig2lbeendig2lebbendig1lebednig2lebenddig1lebendgi2lebendigg1lebenidg2
Edit distance from "lebendig"

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 "lebendig"?
"lebendig" is spelled L-E-B-E-N-D-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [leˈbɛndɪç].
What does "lebendig" mean?
As an adjective, "lebendig" means: lebend, am Leben, nicht tot
What words are commonly confused with "lebendig"?
"lebendig" is commonly confused with "lebendige", "lebendigen", "lebendiger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lebendig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lebendig" is [leˈbɛndɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lebendig" come from?
"lebendig" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mehrerer#5,625nördlich#5,634nützlich#5,635Obersten#5,636

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Gesetzes12 variantsProtokoll12 variantsgekostet12 variantsSängerin12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list