lék
[lɛːk]
The verdict
“lék” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen Erkrankungen eingesetztes Mittel; Medikament, Arznei, Arzneimittel, Heilmittel
Corpus desk
Index DE-lek · lék · German
lék · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | lék |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɛːk] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lék“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lék is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɛːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gegen Erkrankungen eingesetztes Mittel; Medikament, Arznei, Arzneimittel, Heilmittel".
lék has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is lék, spelled L-É-K.
Definition
- 1gegen Erkrankungen eingesetztes Mittel; Medikament, Arznei, Arzneimittel, Heilmittel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lék appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lékař předepsal lék snižující teplotu.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.