Lektoren
[lɛkˈtoːʁən]
The verdict
“Lektoren” is uncommon German (frequency #66,441 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,441
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lektor
Corpus desk
Index DE-lektoren · Lektoren · German
Lektoren · rank #66,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,441
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH leihweise
Nearest frequency peer: leihweise (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lektoren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lehramtsstu…
Lehramtsstudium
33,564 corpus weight
- Leids
Leids
33,562 corpus weight
- leihweise
leihweise
33,561 corpus weight
- Lektoren
Lektoren
33,560 corpus weight
- Liebchen
Liebchen
33,557 corpus weight
- liebenswert…
liebenswerter
33,556 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lektoren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lektoren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɛkˈtoːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lektoren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lektoren is uncommon German at frequency #66,441 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɛkˈtoːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lektoren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Lektoren, spelled L-E-K-T-O-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lektor
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Lektor
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Lektor
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Lektor
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.