Leck
[lɛk]
The verdict
“Leck” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,120
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - undichte Stelle in einem Gefäß oder einer Leitung, durch die dessen Inhalt (bspw. Flüssigkeiten oder Gase) austreten oder hereinströmen können
Corpus desk
Index DE-leck · Leck · German
Leck · rank #12,120 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,120
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lebensunterha…
Nearest frequency peer: Lebensunterhalt (-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 „Leck“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- kämpften
kämpften
87,884 corpus weight
- lack
lack
87,883 corpus weight
- Lebensunter…
Lebensunterhalt
87,882 corpus weight
- Leck
Leck
87,881 corpus weight
- Lincoln
Lincoln
87,880 corpus weight
- Lok
Lok
87,879 corpus weight
What this shows „Leck“ 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 | Leck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɛk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Leck“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Leck (IPA [lɛk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,120 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "undichte Stelle in einem Gefäß oder einer Leitung, durch die dessen Inhalt (bspw. Flüssigkeiten oder Gase) austreten oder hereinströmen können".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leck, with forms such as "elck", "lcek", and "lecck". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lk", "Leo", "Lee", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Leck, spelled L-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1undichte Stelle in einem Gefäß oder einer Leitung, durch die dessen Inhalt (bspw. Flüssigkeiten oder Gase) austreten oder hereinströmen können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch das Leck im Rumpf der Titanic strömte Wasser in den Bauch des Schiffes, so dass es schließlich im Meer versank.
Bei Bauarbeiten vor einem Wohnhaus wurde versehentlich eine Gasleitung beschädigt. Das Leck wurde zum Glück noch rechtzeitig entdeckt und repariert, wodurch eine verheerende Gasexplosion verhindert werden konnte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elck
- lcek
- lecck
- leckk
- lekc
- lleck
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leck - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Leck", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).