leichtgläubig
[ˈlaɪ̯çtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç]
The verdict
“leichtgläubig” is uncommon German (frequency #77,016 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,016
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ungewöhnlich schnell und auf unkritische Weise bereit, Dinge, die von anderen behauptet werden, als wahr zu akzeptieren, und dadurch leicht zu täuschen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leichtgläubig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯çtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #77,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leichtgläubig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leichtgläubig is uncommon German at frequency #77,016 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯çtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ungewöhnlich schnell und auf unkritische Weise bereit, Dinge, die von anderen behauptet werden, als wahr zu akzeptieren, und dadurch leicht zu täuschen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for leichtgläubig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 leichtgläubig, spelled L-E-I-C-H-T-G-L-Ä-U-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1ungewöhnlich schnell und auf unkritische Weise bereit, Dinge, die von anderen behauptet werden, als wahr zu akzeptieren, und dadurch leicht zu täuschen
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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 “leichtgläubig”
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-L-Ä-U-B-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.