leiser

Name: leiser, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈlaɪ̯zɐ]

/[ˈlaɪ̯zɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“leiser” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,087
frequency rank, German: 2,640
“L” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leis

Corpus desk

Index DE-leiser · leiser · German

leiser · rank #11,087 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #11,087
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,640
PHOTO-FINISH Lehrbuch

Nearest frequency peer: Lehrbuch (-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.

Legenden

88,917
lego

88,916
Lehrbuch

88,915
leiser

88,914
let

88,913
Limburg

88,912

What this shows „leiser“ 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).

leiser vs lese

67% similar

leiser vs lesen

67% similar

leiser vs Leser

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for leiser
Property	Value
Headword	leiser
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈlaɪ̯zɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#11,087
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „leiser“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).leiserliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#11,087

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Lehrbuch“ (#11,086), „let“ (#11,088), „lego“ (#11,085). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „leiser“ bei #11,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around leiser (IPA [ˈlaɪ̯zɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,087 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for leiser, with forms such as "eliser", "leiesr", and "leiserr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lese", "lesen", "Leser", and more, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is leiser, spelled L-E-I-S-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leis
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leis
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leis
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leis
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leis

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eliser
leiesr
leiserr
leisre
leisser
lesier
lieser
lleiser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leiser - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "leiser"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leiser"?

"leiser" is spelled L-E-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlaɪ̯zɐ].

What does "leiser" mean?

As an adjective, "leiser" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs leis

What words are commonly confused with "leiser"?

"leiser" is commonly confused with "lese", "lesen", "Leser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "leiser"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leiser" is [ˈlaɪ̯zɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "leiser" come from?

"leiser" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leiser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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