leere
[ˈleːʁə]
The verdict
“leere” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,286
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
Corpus desk
Index DE-leere · leere · German
leere · rank #4,286 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,286
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH langfristig
Nearest frequency peer: langfristig (-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 “leere”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kette
Kette
95,718 corpus weight
- langem
langem
95,717 corpus weight
- langfristig
langfristig
95,716 corpus weight
- leere
leere
95,715 corpus weight
- Legende
Legende
95,714 corpus weight
- like
like
95,713 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leere” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | leere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈleːʁə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “leere” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around leere (IPA [ˈleːʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,286 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for leere, with forms such as "elere", "leeer", and "leerre". 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, "lese", "lege", "lern", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is leere, spelled L-E-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
- 9Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elere
- leeer
- leerre
- leree
- lleere
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leere - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "leere", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "leere". Here's where to go from here.
- "leere" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lese". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,286 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.