leere

/[ˈleːʁə]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,286

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

leere is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer Pronounced [ˈleːʁə]. It ranks #4,286 in German word frequency. Often confused with lese and lege.

Key facts for leere
PropertyValue
Headwordleere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈleːʁə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,286
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for leere is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleːʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,286 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for leere, with forms such as "elere", "leeer", and "leerre". 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, "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 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 leere, spelled L-E-E-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elere,leeer,leerre,leree,lleere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for leere

Misspelling Variants of "leere"

elere5leeer5leerre6leree5lleere6
Misspelling Variants of "leere"

Frequency rank: #4,286 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leere"?
"leere" is spelled L-E-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleːʁə].
What does "leere" mean?
As an adj, "leere" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs leer
What words are commonly confused with "leere"?
"leere" is commonly confused with "lese", "lege", "lern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "leere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leere" is [ˈleːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leere" come from?
"leere" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.