leihweise
[ˈlaɪ̯ˌvaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“leihweise” is uncommon German (frequency #66,440 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,440
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - als Leihe; sich nur vorübergehend im Besitz von jemandem befindend
Corpus desk
Index DE-leihweise · leihweise · German
leihweise · rank #66,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,440
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leids
Nearest frequency peer: Leids (-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 “leihweise”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lebensstand…
Lebensstandards
33,565 corpus weight
- Lehramtsstu…
Lehramtsstudium
33,564 corpus weight
- Leids
Leids
33,562 corpus weight
- leihweise
leihweise
33,561 corpus weight
- Lektoren
Lektoren
33,560 corpus weight
- Liebchen
Liebchen
33,557 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leihweise” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leihweise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯ˌvaɪ̯zə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leihweise” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leihweise is uncommon German at frequency #66,440 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯ˌvaɪ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "als Leihe; sich nur vorübergehend im Besitz von jemandem befindend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for leihweise, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is leihweise, spelled L-E-I-H-W-E-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1als Leihe; sich nur vorübergehend im Besitz von jemandem befindend
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leihweise", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.