ledige

[ˈleːdɪɡə]

/[ˈleːdɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“ledige” is uncommon German (frequency #53,860 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,860
frequency rank, German
30,953
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig

Corpus desk

Index DE-ledige · ledige · German

ledige · rank #53,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,860
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 30,953
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lebensinhalt

Nearest frequency peer: Lebensinhalt (-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 “ledige”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “ledige” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for ledige
PropertyValue
Headwordledige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈleːdɪɡə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,860
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ledige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ledige lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ledige is uncommon German at frequency #53,860 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈleːdɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

ledige has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ledige, spelled L-E-D-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ledige"?
"ledige" is spelled L-E-D-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleːdɪɡə].
What does "ledige" mean?
As an adjective, "ledige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ledig
How do you pronounce "ledige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ledige" is [ˈleːdɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ledige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ledige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Leiber#53,863Könner#53,847Loggia#53,875loving#53,878
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list