Leitfaden
[ˈlaɪ̯tˌfaːdn̩]
The verdict
“Leitfaden” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,195
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurz gefasste Darstellung zur Einführung in ein Wissensgebiet
Corpus desk
Index DE-leitfaden · Leitfaden · German
Leitfaden · rank #13,195 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,195
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH learning
Nearest frequency peer: learning (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Leitfaden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kühler
Kühler
86,809 corpus weight
- kürzeren
kürzeren
86,808 corpus weight
- learning
learning
86,807 corpus weight
- Leitfaden
Leitfaden
86,806 corpus weight
- malt
malt
86,804 corpus weight
- manipulieren
manipulieren
86,803 corpus weight
What this shows „Leitfaden“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leitfaden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯tˌfaːdn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Leitfaden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Leitfaden (IPA [ˈlaɪ̯tˌfaːdn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,195 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leitfaden, with forms such as "elitfaden", "leiftaden", and "leitafden". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "leitenden", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Leitfaden, spelled L-E-I-T-F-A-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1kurz gefasste Darstellung zur Einführung in ein Wissensgebiet
- 2ein Dokument oder Ähnliches, das den Verlauf eines Prozesses, eines Vorhabens leitet, bestimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leitfaden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wen wundert's also, daß auf der In-Liste nunmehr auch ein so profaner Durstlöscher wie Mineralwasser seinen Platz gefunden hat. Daher wurde das Erscheinen eines entsprechenden Leitfadens dringend erforderlich. Diesem Wunsche hat Claus Arius mit seinem Werk Mineralwasser (Heyne Verlag, München 1996; 235 Seiten, 44 Mark) nun entsprochen, das einen Überblic…
Diesen Kindern ohne Eltern zu helfen wurde von dort an ihr Leitfaden.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elitfaden
- leiftaden
- leitafden
- leitfadden
- leitfadenn
- leitfadne
- leitfaedn
- leitfdaen
- leitffaden
- leittfaden
- letifaden
- lietfaden
- lleitfaden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leitfaden - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Leitfaden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).