Lektüre

Name: Lektüre, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[lɛkˈtyːʁə]

/[lɛkˈtyːʁə]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Lektüre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,584. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,584
frequency rank, German: 2,640
“L” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das, was gelesen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-lekture · Lektüre · German

Lektüre · rank #9,584 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #9,584
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 2,640
PHOTO-FINISH langfristige

Nearest frequency peer: langfristige (-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.

Kunstwerk

90,420
Kurven

90,419
langfristige

90,418
Lektüre

90,417
Leopold

90,416
leugnen

90,415

What this shows „Lektüre“ 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).

Lektüre vs Lektor

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Lektüre
Property	Value
Headword	Lektüre
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[lɛkˈtyːʁə]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#9,584
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Lektüre“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Lektüreliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#9,584

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „langfristige“ (#9,583), „Leopold“ (#9,585), „Kurven“ (#9,582). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lektüre“ bei #9,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Lektüre (IPA [lɛkˈtyːʁə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,584 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lektüre, with forms such as "elktüre", "lekktüre", and "lektrüe". 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, "Lektor", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Lektüre, spelled L-E-K-T-Ü-R-E.

Definition

1
das, was gelesen wird
2
die Handlung, etwas zu lesen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Lektüre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Im Urlaub bevorzugen viele eine leichte Lektüre.
„Bevor er wieder zu Bilibin fuhr, war Fürst Andrej noch in einer Buchhandlung gewesen, um sich für den weiteren Feldzug mit Lektüre zu versehen, und hatte sich dort etwas länger aufgehalten, als er eigentlich beabsichtigt hatte.“

This word in other languages

reading(English)lectura(Español)lecture(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

elktüre
lekktüre
lektrüe
lekttüre
lektüer
lektürre
lekütre
letküre
lketüre
llektüre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lektüre - 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.

Edit distance from "Lektüre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lektüre"?

"Lektüre" is spelled L-E-K-T-Ü-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [lɛkˈtyːʁə].

What does "Lektüre" mean?

As a noun, "Lektüre" means: das, was gelesen wird

What words are commonly confused with "Lektüre"?

"Lektüre" is commonly confused with "Lektor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Lektüre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lektüre" is [lɛkˈtyːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Lektüre" come from?

"Lektüre" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lektüre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Leopold#9,585 leugnen#9,586 Kellner#9,576 Minimum#9,594

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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