Leidensweg
[ˈlaɪ̯dn̩sˌveːk]
The verdict
“Leidensweg” is uncommon German (frequency #70,510 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,510
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schicksalhafte Abfolge schmerzhafter Geschehnisse
Corpus desk
Index DE-leidensweg · Leidensweg · German
Leidensweg · rank #70,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,510
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Leimbach
Nearest frequency peer: Leimbach (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Leidensweg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lacken
Lacken
29,497 corpus weight
- Leidensweg
Leidensweg
29,491 corpus weight
- Leimbach
Leimbach
29,490 corpus weight
- Leistungssp…
Leistungsspektrum
29,489 corpus weight
- Leistungssp…
Leistungssportler
29,488 corpus weight
- length
length
29,487 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Leidensweg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leidensweg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩sˌveːk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Leidensweg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Leidensweg is uncommon German at frequency #70,510 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯dn̩sˌveːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schicksalhafte Abfolge schmerzhafter Geschehnisse".
Leidensweg doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Leidensweg, spelled L-E-I-D-E-N-S-W-E-G.
Definition
- 1schicksalhafte Abfolge schmerzhafter Geschehnisse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leidensweg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jetzt bleibt mir nur, dafür zu beten, dass Narcisse Pelletier am Ende seines Leidensweges auf seine Art und Weise Frieden und Ruhe finden möge.“
„Viele freilebende Tiere litten nach Angaben des Tierschutzbundes unter Nahrungsmangel sowie auch unter Infektionskrankheiten und Parasitenbefall. Oft drohe den Tieren dann ein langer Leidensweg bis zum qualvollen Tod.“
Synonyms
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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