leiseste

[ˈlaɪ̯zəstə]

/[ˈlaɪ̯zəstə]/ adj

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The verdict

“leiseste” is uncommon German (frequency #53,865 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,865
frequency rank, German
30,953
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise

Corpus desk

Index DE-leiseste · leiseste · German

leiseste · rank #53,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,865
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 30,953
  • PHOTO-FINISH Leinwände

Nearest frequency peer: Leinwände (-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 “leiseste”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “leiseste” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for leiseste
PropertyValue
Headwordleiseste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈlaɪ̯zəstə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,865
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “leiseste” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). leiseste lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leiseste is uncommon German at frequency #53,865 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯zəstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for leiseste, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is leiseste, spelled L-E-I-S-E-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leiseste"?
"leiseste" is spelled L-E-I-S-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlaɪ̯zəstə].
What does "leiseste" mean?
As an adjective, "leiseste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs leise
How do you pronounce "leiseste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leiseste" is [ˈlaɪ̯zəstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leiseste" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lektorin#53,866Läsionen#53,882Kärntens#53,846managing#53,890
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list