lehrten
[ˈleːɐ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“lehrten” is uncommon German (frequency #60,791 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,791
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lehren
Corpus desk
Index DE-lehrten · lehrten · German
lehrten · rank #60,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,791
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehrlingen
Nearest frequency peer: Lehrlingen (-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 “lehrten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Leichlingen
Leichlingen
39,208 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lehrten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lehrten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈleːɐ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lehrten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lehrten is uncommon German at frequency #60,791 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈleːɐ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lehrten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is lehrten, spelled L-E-H-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lehren
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lehren
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lehren
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lehren
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 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.