Leitschiene
[ˈlaɪ̯tˌʃiːnə]
The verdict
“Leitschiene” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Leitplanke
Corpus desk
Index DE-leitschiene · Leitschiene · German
Leitschiene · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leitschiene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯tˌʃiːnə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leitschiene” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Leitschiene is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaɪ̯tˌʃiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Leitschiene in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Leitschiene, spelled L-E-I-T-S-C-H-I-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Leitplanke
- 2ein Entgleisungsschutz; Schiene, die in einer engen Gleiskurve die Außenschiene entlastet, da an der Innenschiene die Innenseite des Spurkranzes an der Leitschiene ansteht
This word in other languages
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