Lehrperson
[ˈleːɐ̯pɛʁˌzoːn]
The verdict
“Lehrperson” is uncommon German (frequency #80,620 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,620
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die anderen Wissen vermittelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-lehrperson · Lehrperson · German
Lehrperson · rank #80,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,620
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehnwort
Nearest frequency peer: Lehnwort (-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 “Lehrperson”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lebenselixi…
Lebenselixier
19,384 corpus weight
- Lebensphasen
Lebensphasen
19,383 corpus weight
- Lehnwort
Lehnwort
19,382 corpus weight
- Lehrperson
Lehrperson
19,381 corpus weight
- lenkten
lenkten
19,380 corpus weight
- leucht
leucht
19,379 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lehrperson” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lehrperson |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːɐ̯pɛʁˌzoːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lehrperson” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lehrperson is uncommon German at frequency #80,620 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːɐ̯pɛʁˌzoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die anderen Wissen vermittelt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Lehrperson in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Lehrperson, spelled L-E-H-R-P-E-R-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Person, die anderen Wissen vermittelt
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lehrperson", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
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.