Leichtgewicht
[ˈlaɪ̯çtɡəˌvɪçt]
The verdict
“Leichtgewicht” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,558
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gewichtsklasse für Sportler im Boxen und Gewichtheben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leichtgewicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯çtɡəˌvɪçt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #47,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leichtgewicht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Leichtgewicht (IPA [ˈlaɪ̯çtɡəˌvɪçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,558 among 30,953 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leichtgewicht, with forms such as "elichtgewicht", "lecihtgewicht", and "leicchtgewicht". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Leichtgewicht, spelled L-E-I-C-H-T-G-E-W-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Gewichtsklasse für Sportler im Boxen und Gewichtheben
- 2jemand, der der Gewichtsklasse Leichtgewicht angehört
- 3Person von in einer bestimmten Hinsicht geringer Bedeutung/Fähigkeit
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elichtgewicht,lecihtgewicht,leicchtgewicht,leichgtewicht,leichhtgewicht,leichtegwicht,leichtgeiwcht,leichtgewciht,leichtgewiccht,leichtgewichht,leichtgewichtt,leichtgewicth,leichtgewihct,leichtgewwicht,leichtggewicht,leichtgweicht,leichttgewicht,leicthgewicht,leihctgewicht,liechtgewicht,lleichtgewicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leichtgewicht - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Leichtgewicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-E-I-C-H-T-G-E-W-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlaɪ̯çtɡəˌvɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.