leitend
[ˈlaɪ̯tn̩t]
The verdict
“leitend” is uncommon German (frequency #93,224 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,224
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs leiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-leitend · leitend · German
leitend · rank #93,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,224
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Leitbilder
Nearest frequency peer: Leitbilder (-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 „leitend“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Leichtathle…
Leichtathletin
6,782 corpus weight
- Leidtragende
Leidtragende
6,781 corpus weight
- Leitbilder
Leitbilder
6,778 corpus weight
- leitend
leitend
6,777 corpus weight
- Lendenwirbe…
Lendenwirbelsäule
6,775 corpus weight
- Leseratten
Leseratten
6,774 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „leitend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leitend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯tn̩t] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „leitend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
leitend is uncommon German at frequency #93,224 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯tn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs leiten".
No misspelling variants are generated for leitend in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is leitend, spelled L-E-I-T-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs leiten
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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