Lehrlingen
[ˈleːɐ̯lɪŋən]
The verdict
“Lehrlingen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,790 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,790
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Lehrling
Corpus desk
Index DE-lehrlingen · Lehrlingen · German
Lehrlingen · rank #60,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,790
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehrjahre
Nearest frequency peer: Lehrjahre (-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 “Lehrlingen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lebensräumen
Lebensräumen
39,214 corpus weight
- Leggins
Leggins
39,213 corpus weight
- Lehrjahre
Lehrjahre
39,212 corpus weight
- Lehrlingen
Lehrlingen
39,211 corpus weight
- lehrten
lehrten
39,210 corpus weight
- Leichenhalle
Leichenhalle
39,209 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lehrlingen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lehrlingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːɐ̯lɪŋən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lehrlingen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lehrlingen is uncommon German at frequency #60,790 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːɐ̯lɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Lehrling".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lehrlingen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is Lehrlingen, spelled L-E-H-R-L-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Lehrling
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.