leichtsinnig
[ˈlaɪ̯çtˌzɪnɪç]
The verdict
“leichtsinnig” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,479
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unvorsichtig Risiken eingehend, nicht an Gefahren und Verantwortung denkend
Corpus desk
Index DE-leichtsinnig · leichtsinnig · German
leichtsinnig · rank #36,479 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #36,479
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH leidenden
Nearest frequency peer: leidenden (+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 „leichtsinnig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lautspreche…
Lautsprechern
63,526 corpus weight
- Lebendigkeit
Lebendigkeit
63,525 corpus weight
- leichtsinnig
leichtsinnig
63,522 corpus weight
- leidenden
leidenden
63,521 corpus weight
- letztgenann…
letztgenannten
63,520 corpus weight
- lichen
lichen
63,519 corpus weight
What this shows „leichtsinnig“ 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 | leichtsinnig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯çtˌzɪnɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #36,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „leichtsinnig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around leichtsinnig (IPA [ˈlaɪ̯çtˌzɪnɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,479 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unvorsichtig Risiken eingehend, nicht an Gefahren und Verantwortung denkend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for leichtsinnig, with forms such as "elichtsinnig", "lecihtsinnig", and "leicchtsinnig". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Leichtsinn", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is leichtsinnig, spelled L-E-I-C-H-T-S-I-N-N-I-G.
Definition
- 1unvorsichtig Risiken eingehend, nicht an Gefahren und Verantwortung denkend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leichtsinnig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jugendliche sind oft leichtsinnig.
„Wer den Weg zu seinem Ideale nicht zu finden weiss, lebt leichtsinniger und frecher, als der Mensch ohne Ideal.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elichtsinnig
- lecihtsinnig
- leicchtsinnig
- leichhtsinnig
- leichstinnig
- leichtisnnig
- leichtsinig
- leichtsining
- leichtsinngi
- leichtsinnigg
- leichtsninig
- leichtssinnig
- leichttsinnig
- leicthsinnig
- leihctsinnig
- liechtsinnig
- lleichtsinnig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leichtsinnig - 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 "leichtsinnig", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).