leidenschaftliches
[ˈlaɪ̯dn̩ʃaftlɪçəs]
The verdict
“leidenschaftliches” is uncommon German (frequency #79,440 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,440
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leidenschaftlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-leidenschaftliches · leidenschaftliches · German
leidenschaftliches · rank #79,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,440
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH ledigen
Nearest frequency peer: ledigen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “leidenschaftliches”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lebensspanne
Lebensspanne
20,565 corpus weight
- lectures
lectures
20,563 corpus weight
- ledigen
ledigen
20,562 corpus weight
- leidenschaf…
leidenschaftliches
20,561 corpus weight
- leist
leist
20,559 corpus weight
- Leitgedanken
Leitgedanken
20,558 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leidenschaftliches” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leidenschaftliches |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩ʃaftlɪçəs] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #79,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leidenschaftliches” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leidenschaftliches is uncommon German at frequency #79,440 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩ʃaftlɪçəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for leidenschaftliches in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is leidenschaftliches, spelled L-E-I-D-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leidenschaftlich
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leidenschaftlich
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leidenschaftlich
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leidenschaftlich
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 "leidenschaftliches", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.