Leidensdruck
[ˈlaɪ̯dn̩sˌdʁʊk]
The verdict
“Leidensdruck” is uncommon German (frequency #60,794 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,794
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - starke psychische Belastung, die bei der darunter leidenden Person auslöst, etwas zu verändern / zu handeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-leidensdruck · Leidensdruck · German
Leidensdruck · rank #60,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,794
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leichlingen
Nearest frequency peer: Leichlingen (-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 “Leidensdruck”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lehrten
lehrten
39,210 corpus weight
- Leichenhalle
Leichenhalle
39,209 corpus weight
- Leichlingen
Leichlingen
39,208 corpus weight
- Leidensdruck
Leidensdruck
39,207 corpus weight
- leidlich
leidlich
39,206 corpus weight
- leimen
leimen
39,205 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Leidensdruck” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leidensdruck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩sˌdʁʊk] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leidensdruck” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Leidensdruck is uncommon German at frequency #60,794 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩sˌdʁʊk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "starke psychische Belastung, die bei der darunter leidenden Person auslöst, etwas zu verändern / zu handeln".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Leidensdruck, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Leidensdruck, spelled L-E-I-D-E-N-S-D-R-U-C-K.
Definition
- 1starke psychische Belastung, die bei der darunter leidenden Person auslöst, etwas zu verändern / zu handeln
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 "Leidensdruck", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 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.