lebt

/[leːpt]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,136

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lebt is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leben Pronounced [leːpt]. It ranks #1,136 in German word frequency. Often confused with Leo and Lee.

Key facts for lebt
PropertyValue
Headwordlebt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[leːpt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,136
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lebt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for lebt is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [leːpt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,136 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for lebt, with forms such as "elbt", "lbet", and "lebbt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Leo", "Lee", "Lob", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is lebt, spelled L-E-B-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leben
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leben
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elbt,lbet,lebbt,lebtt,letb,llebt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lebt

Misspelling Variants of "lebt"

elbt4lbet4lebbt5lebtt5letb4llebt5
Misspelling Variants of "lebt"

Frequency rank: #1,136 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lebt"?
"lebt" is spelled L-E-B-T. The IPA pronunciation is [leːpt].
What does "lebt" mean?
As a verb, "lebt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leben
What words are commonly confused with "lebt"?
"lebt" is commonly confused with "Leo", "Lee", "Lob". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lebt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lebt" is [leːpt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lebt" come from?
"lebt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.