leist
[laɪ̯st]
The verdict
“leist” is uncommon German (frequency #79,442 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,442
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs leisten
Corpus desk
Index DE-leist · leist · German
leist · rank #79,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,442
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leitgedanken
Nearest frequency peer: Leitgedanken (+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 “leist”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lectures
lectures
20,563 corpus weight
- ledigen
ledigen
20,562 corpus weight
- leidenschaf…
leidenschaftliches
20,561 corpus weight
- leist
leist
20,559 corpus weight
- Leitgedanken
Leitgedanken
20,558 corpus weight
- Lennard
Lennard
20,557 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leist” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [laɪ̯st] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leist” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leist is uncommon German at frequency #79,442 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [laɪ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs leisten".
No misspelling variants are generated for leist in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is leist, spelled L-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs leisten
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.