lehnen
[ˈleːnən]
The verdict
“lehnen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,403 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #9,403
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Körper schräg stellen
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 | lehnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈleːnən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lehnen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for lehnen is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleːnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,403 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lehnen, with forms such as "elhnen", "lehenn", and "lehhnen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lesen", "Lehre", "lerne", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is lehnen, spelled L-E-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Körper schräg stellen
- 2etwas als Stütze benutzen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elhnen,lehenn,lehhnen,lehnenn,lehnne,lehnnen,lenhen,lhenen,llehnen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lehnen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “lehnen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-E-H-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈleːnən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lesen” - see the side-by-side comparison. lehnen vs lesen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.