Lebenszeichen
[ˈleːbn̩sˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“Lebenszeichen” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,499
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beweis oder Hinweis darauf, dass eine abwesende Person noch am Leben ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-lebenszeichen · Lebenszeichen · German
Lebenszeichen · rank #26,499 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,499
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lebenslänglich
Nearest frequency peer: lebenslänglich (-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 “Lebenszeichen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kurses
Kurses
73,508 corpus weight
- Lebensgefäh…
Lebensgefährtin
73,505 corpus weight
- lebenslängl…
lebenslänglich
73,503 corpus weight
- Lebenszeich…
Lebenszeichen
73,502 corpus weight
- Lebkuchen
Lebkuchen
73,501 corpus weight
- Leut
Leut
73,498 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lebenszeichen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lebenszeichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːbn̩sˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #26,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Lebenszeichen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Lebenszeichen (IPA [ˈleːbn̩sˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,499 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lebenszeichen, with forms such as "elbenszeichen", "lbeenszeichen", and "lebbenszeichen". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lebenszeichen, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Beweis oder Hinweis darauf, dass eine abwesende Person noch am Leben ist
- 2noch vorhandene Vitalfunktionen eines Patienten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lebenszeichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er gab jahrelang kein Lebenszeichen von sich.
„Was immer aus Lydia geworden war, sie hat nie mehr ein Lebenszeichen von sich gegeben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elbenszeichen
- lbeenszeichen
- lebbenszeichen
- lebennszeichen
- lebensezichen
- lebensszeichen
- lebenszecihen
- lebenszeicchen
- lebenszeicehn
- lebenszeichenn
- lebenszeichhen
- lebenszeichne
- lebenszeihcen
- lebensziechen
- lebenszzeichen
- lebenzseichen
- lebesnzeichen
- lebneszeichen
- leebnszeichen
- llebenszeichen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lebenszeichen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lebenszeichen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Lebenszeichen". Here's where to go from here.
- 20 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #26,499 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.