Leitmotiv
[ˈlaɪ̯tmoˌtiːf]
The verdict
“Leitmotiv” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,256. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,256
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - künstlerisches Mittel, das, gekoppelt an einen zunächst außerkünstlerischen Inhalt, in der Gesamtheit des Werkes immer wieder zu finden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-leitmotiv · Leitmotiv · German
Leitmotiv · rank #38,256 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,256
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Legat
Nearest frequency peer: Legat (-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 „Leitmotiv“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lebensgrund…
Lebensgrundlage
61,748 corpus weight
- legalisieren
legalisieren
61,747 corpus weight
- Legat
Legat
61,746 corpus weight
- Leitmotiv
Leitmotiv
61,745 corpus weight
- Lerner
Lerner
61,744 corpus weight
- libysche
libysche
61,743 corpus weight
What this shows „Leitmotiv“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leitmotiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯tmoˌtiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Leitmotiv“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Leitmotiv (IPA [ˈlaɪ̯tmoˌtiːf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,256 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 Leitmotiv, with forms such as "elitmotiv", "leimtotiv", and "leitmmotiv". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Leitmotiv, spelled L-E-I-T-M-O-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1künstlerisches Mittel, das, gekoppelt an einen zunächst außerkünstlerischen Inhalt, in der Gesamtheit des Werkes immer wieder zu finden ist
- 2Prinzip, das immer wieder eine Rolle spielt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leitmotiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Begriff des Leitmotivs tauchte erstmals 1871 in Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns’ Verzeichnis der Werke Carl Maria von Webers auf.“
„Womöglich war Drehbuchautor Christian Jeltsch vom Einfall dieses Leitmotivs ein kleines bisschen zu elektrisiert.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elitmotiv
- leimtotiv
- leitmmotiv
- leitmoitv
- leitmotivv
- leitmottiv
- leitmotvi
- leitmtoiv
- leitomtiv
- leittmotiv
- letimotiv
- lietmotiv
- lleitmotiv
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leitmotiv - 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.
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 "Leitmotiv", 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).