Lebensspanne
[ˈleːbn̩sˌʃpanə]
The verdict
“Lebensspanne” is uncommon German (frequency #79,436 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,436
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Dauer, in der jemand oder etwas lebt oder haltbar ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-lebensspanne · Lebensspanne · German
Lebensspanne · rank #79,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,436
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lebanon
Nearest frequency peer: Lebanon (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lebensspanne”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- leaving
leaving
20,567 corpus weight
- Lebanon
Lebanon
20,566 corpus weight
- Lebensspanne
Lebensspanne
20,565 corpus weight
- lectures
lectures
20,563 corpus weight
- ledigen
ledigen
20,562 corpus weight
- leidenschaf…
leidenschaftliches
20,561 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lebensspanne” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lebensspanne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːbn̩sˌʃpanə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #79,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lebensspanne” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lebensspanne is uncommon German at frequency #79,436 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːbn̩sˌʃpanə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Dauer, in der jemand oder etwas lebt oder haltbar ist".
Lebensspanne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Lebensspanne, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-S-P-A-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1die Dauer, in der jemand oder etwas lebt oder haltbar ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lebensspanne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die kurze Lebensspanne der Akkus ist ein großes Ärgernis.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lebensspanne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.