lehká atletika

[ˈlɛɦkaː ˈatlɛtika]

/[ˈlɛɦkaː ˈatlɛtika]/ phrase

The verdict

“lehká atletika” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für Sportarten, die sich auf die natürlichen Bewegungsformen des Menschen beziehen; Leichtathletik

Key facts for lehká atletika
PropertyValue
Headwordlehká atletika
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈlɛɦkaː ˈatlɛtika]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lehká atletika” sits in German frequency

lehká atletika falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for lehká atletika is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlɛɦkaː ˈatlɛtika]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für Sportarten, die sich auf die natürlichen Bewegungsformen des Menschen beziehen; Leichtathletik".

No misspelling variants are generated for lehká atletika in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 lehká atletika, spelled L-E-H-K-Á- -A-T-L-E-T-I-K-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für Sportarten, die sich auf die natürlichen Bewegungsformen des Menschen beziehen; Leichtathletik

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lehká atletika"?
"lehká atletika" is spelled L-E-H-K-Á- -A-T-L-E-T-I-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlɛɦkaː ˈatlɛtika].
What does "lehká atletika" mean?
As a phrase, "lehká atletika" means: zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für Sportarten, die sich auf die natürlichen Bewegungsformen des Menschen beziehen; Leichtathletik
How do you pronounce "lehká atletika"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lehká atletika" is [ˈlɛɦkaː ˈatlɛtika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “lehká atletika”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is L-E-H-K-Á- -A-T-L-E-T-I-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈlɛɦkaː ˈatlɛtika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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

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