Lehrgang
[ˈleːɐ̯ˌɡaŋ]
The verdict
“Lehrgang” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,685. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,685
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehrveranstaltung zur Erlangung bestimmter Kenntnisse oder Fähigkeiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-lehrgang · Lehrgang · German
Lehrgang · rank #15,685 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,685
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Legion
Nearest frequency peer: Legion (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Lehrgang“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lebenserwar…
Lebenserwartung
84,319 corpus weight
- Lebensfreude
Lebensfreude
84,318 corpus weight
- Legion
Legion
84,317 corpus weight
- Lehrgang
Lehrgang
84,316 corpus weight
- Lehrstuhl
Lehrstuhl
84,315 corpus weight
- Leonhard
Leonhard
84,314 corpus weight
What this shows „Lehrgang“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Lehrgang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːɐ̯ˌɡaŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Lehrgang“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Lehrgang (IPA [ˈleːɐ̯ˌɡaŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,685 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lehrveranstaltung zur Erlangung bestimmter Kenntnisse oder Fähigkeiten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lehrgang, with forms such as "elhrgang", "lehgrang", and "lehhrgang". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Lehrling", "Lehrgänge", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Lehrgang, spelled L-E-H-R-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Lehrveranstaltung zur Erlangung bestimmter Kenntnisse oder Fähigkeiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lehrgang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er nahm an einem Lehrgang zur medialen Unterrichtsgestaltung teil.
„Über 3.000 spezifisch ausgebildete Wanderlehrerinnen reisten bis in die entlegensten Gebiete des Landes, um dort ihre einheitlich geplanten Lehrgänge abzuhalten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elhrgang
- lehgrang
- lehhrgang
- lehragng
- lehrgagn
- lehrgangg
- lehrganng
- lehrggang
- lehrgnag
- lehrrgang
- lerhgang
- lhergang
- llehrgang
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lehrgang - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lehrgang", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).