Leichtathletik
[ˈlaɪ̯çtʔatˌleːtik]
The verdict
“Leichtathletik” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,895
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sammelbezeichnung für Sportarten, die mit Laufen, Springen, Werfen und Stoßen zu tun haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-leichtathletik · Leichtathletik · German
Leichtathletik · rank #10,895 · 22 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,895
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lehrt
Nearest frequency peer: lehrt (-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 „Leichtathletik“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Landwirte
Landwirte
89,110 corpus weight
- Lara
Lara
89,109 corpus weight
- Lea
Lea
89,108 corpus weight
- lehrt
lehrt
89,107 corpus weight
- Leichtathle…
Leichtathletik
89,106 corpus weight
- Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg
89,104 corpus weight
What this shows „Leichtathletik“ 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 | Leichtathletik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯çtʔatˌleːtik] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #10,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Leichtathletik“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around Leichtathletik (IPA [ˈlaɪ̯çtʔatˌleːtik]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,895 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sammelbezeichnung für Sportarten, die mit Laufen, Springen, Werfen und Stoßen zu tun haben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leichtathletik, with forms such as "elichtathletik", "lecihtathletik", and "leicchtathletik". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Leichtathleten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Leichtathletik, spelled L-E-I-C-H-T-A-T-H-L-E-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1Sammelbezeichnung für Sportarten, die mit Laufen, Springen, Werfen und Stoßen zu tun haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Leichtathletik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Sprint ist eine Disziplin der Leichtathletik.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elichtathletik
- lecihtathletik
- leicchtathletik
- leichatthletik
- leichhtathletik
- leichtahtletik
- leichtatheltik
- leichtathhletik
- leichtathleitk
- leichtathletikk
- leichtathletki
- leichtathlettik
- leichtathlletik
- leichtathlteik
- leichtatlhetik
- leichtatthletik
- leichttahletik
- leichttathletik
- leicthathletik
- leihctathletik
- liechtathletik
- lleichtathletik
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leichtathletik - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Leichtathletik", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).