Lebewesen
[ˈleːbəˌveːzn̩]
The verdict
“Lebewesen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,056 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,056
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - organisierte genetische Einheiten, die zu Stoffwechsel, Fortpflanzung und Evolution befähigt sind
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lebewesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːbəˌveːzn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lebewesen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Lebewesen is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleːbəˌveːzn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,056 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "organisierte genetische Einheiten, die zu Stoffwechsel, Fortpflanzung und Evolution befähigt sind".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lebewesen, with forms such as "elbewesen", "lbeewesen", and "lebbewesen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lebewesen, spelled L-E-B-E-W-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1organisierte genetische Einheiten, die zu Stoffwechsel, Fortpflanzung und Evolution befähigt sind
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elbewesen,lbeewesen,lebbewesen,lebeewsen,lebeweesn,lebewesenn,lebewesne,lebewessen,lebewseen,lebewwesen,lebweesen,leebwesen,llebewesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lebewesen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Lebewesen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-E-B-E-W-E-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈleːbəˌveːzn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.