leichtfertig
[ˈlaɪ̯çtˌfɛʁtɪç]
The verdict
“leichtfertig” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,214
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach unzureichender Überlegung über etwaige Konsequenzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-leichtfertig · leichtfertig · German
leichtfertig · rank #23,214 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,214
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lehnten
Nearest frequency peer: lehnten (-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 „leichtfertig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Legislative
Legislative
76,790 corpus weight
- legitimiert
legitimiert
76,789 corpus weight
- lehnten
lehnten
76,788 corpus weight
- leichtfertig
leichtfertig
76,787 corpus weight
- Leim
Leim
76,786 corpus weight
- Leitbild
Leitbild
76,785 corpus weight
What this shows „leichtfertig“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leichtfertig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯çtˌfɛʁtɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #23,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „leichtfertig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around leichtfertig (IPA [ˈlaɪ̯çtˌfɛʁtɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,214 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for leichtfertig, with forms such as "elichtfertig", "lecihtfertig", and "leicchtfertig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is leichtfertig, spelled L-E-I-C-H-T-F-E-R-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1nach unzureichender Überlegung über etwaige Konsequenzen
- 2in böser Absicht
- 3die Moral auf die leichte Schulter nehmend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leichtfertig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Solch ein Angebot für einen Praktikumsplatz schlägt man doch nicht einfach so leichtfertig aus!
Heinz-Wilhelm ist äußerst leichtfertig gewesen, er grätschte den Gegenspieler mutwillig um und bekam dafür die rote Karte vom Schiedsrichter zugesprochen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elichtfertig
- lecihtfertig
- leicchtfertig
- leichftertig
- leichhtfertig
- leichtefrtig
- leichtferitg
- leichtferrtig
- leichtfertgi
- leichtfertigg
- leichtferttig
- leichtfetrig
- leichtffertig
- leichtfretig
- leichttfertig
- leicthfertig
- leihctfertig
- liechtfertig
- lleichtfertig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leichtfertig - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "leichtfertig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).