Leichlingen
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The verdict
“Leichlingen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,793 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,793
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-leichlingen · Leichlingen · German
Leichlingen · rank #60,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,793
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leichenhalle
Nearest frequency peer: Leichenhalle (-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 “Leichlingen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lehrlingen
Lehrlingen
39,211 corpus weight
- lehrten
lehrten
39,210 corpus weight
- Leichenhalle
Leichenhalle
39,209 corpus weight
- Leichlingen
Leichlingen
39,208 corpus weight
- Leidensdruck
Leidensdruck
39,207 corpus weight
- leidlich
leidlich
39,206 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Leichlingen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leichlingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leichlingen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Leichlingen is uncommon German at frequency #60,793 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
Leichlingen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Leichlingen, spelled L-E-I-C-H-L-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
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 "Leichlingen", 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.