Lebensraum
[ˈleːbn̩sˌʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Lebensraum” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,236
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Raum, in dem Leben und die Entfaltung desselben möglich ist und wirklich wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-lebensraum · Lebensraum · German
Lebensraum · rank #9,236 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,236
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lateinischen
Nearest frequency peer: lateinischen (-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 „Lebensraum“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kreislauf
Kreislauf
90,769 corpus weight
- Laien
Laien
90,767 corpus weight
- lateinischen
lateinischen
90,766 corpus weight
- Lebensraum
Lebensraum
90,765 corpus weight
- liebst
liebst
90,764 corpus weight
- literarische
literarische
90,763 corpus weight
What this shows „Lebensraum“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lebensraum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːbn̩sˌʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Lebensraum“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Lebensraum (IPA [ˈleːbn̩sˌʁaʊ̯m]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,236 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lebensraum, with forms such as "elbensraum", "lbeensraum", and "lebbensraum". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Lebensräume", "Lebenslauf", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lebensraum, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1ein Raum, in dem Leben und die Entfaltung desselben möglich ist und wirklich wird
- 2der charakteristische Wohnort bzw. Standort einer Tier- oder Pflanzenart
- 3der Wohnort von Menschen bzw. Völkern; der geopolitisch umgedeutete Begriff Lebensraum diente vor allem in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts in Anlehnung an Friedrich Ratzels Werk "Der Lebensraum" (1901) zur Begründung von Gebietsforderungen. Die Gedanken Ratzels wurden von dem Geografen Karl Haushofer, der persönliche, über Rudolf Heß vermittelte Kontakte zu Adolf Hitler besaß, weiterentwickelt und von Hitler rezipiert.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lebensraum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Stadt ist der Lebensraum beschränkt.
Der Lebensraum des Menschen ist die Kultur.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elbensraum
- lbeensraum
- lebbensraum
- lebennsraum
- lebenrsaum
- lebensarum
- lebensramu
- lebensraumm
- lebensrraum
- lebensruam
- lebenssraum
- lebesnraum
- lebnesraum
- leebnsraum
- llebensraum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lebensraum - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).