Lehrbetrieb
[ˈleːɐ̯bəˌtʁiːp]
The verdict
“Lehrbetrieb” is uncommon German (frequency #71,573 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,573
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Organisation und Inhalte der Lehre (an Hochschulen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-lehrbetrieb · Lehrbetrieb · German
Lehrbetrieb · rank #71,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,573
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehranstalten
Nearest frequency peer: Lehranstalten (-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 “Lehrbetrieb”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lauffeuer
Lauffeuer
28,432 corpus weight
- Lehranstalt…
Lehranstalten
28,429 corpus weight
- Lehrbetrieb
Lehrbetrieb
28,428 corpus weight
- Leibwache
Leibwache
28,427 corpus weight
- Leichenwagen
Leichenwagen
28,426 corpus weight
- Leichnams
Leichnams
28,425 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lehrbetrieb” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lehrbetrieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːɐ̯bəˌtʁiːp] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lehrbetrieb” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lehrbetrieb is uncommon German at frequency #71,573 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːɐ̯bəˌtʁiːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Lehrbetrieb has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Lehrbetrieb, spelled L-E-H-R-B-E-T-R-I-E-B.
Definition
- 1Organisation und Inhalte der Lehre (an Hochschulen)
- 2Betrieb, in dem ausgebildet wird
Synonyms
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 "Lehrbetrieb", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.