Lektüren
[lɛkˈtyːʁən]
The verdict
“Lektüren” is uncommon German (frequency #90,567 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,567
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lektüre
Corpus desk
Index DE-lekturen · Lektüren · German
Lektüren · rank #90,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,567
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lesotho
Nearest frequency peer: Lesotho (+2 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 “Lektüren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lebensmonat
Lebensmonat
9,438 corpus weight
- Lektüren
Lektüren
9,434 corpus weight
- Lesotho
Lesotho
9,432 corpus weight
- Leukozyten
Leukozyten
9,431 corpus weight
- Lichthupe
Lichthupe
9,429 corpus weight
- liebhaben
liebhaben
9,428 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lektüren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lektüren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɛkˈtyːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lektüren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lektüren is uncommon German at frequency #90,567 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɛkˈtyːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Lektüren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Lektüren, spelled L-E-K-T-Ü-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lektüre
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Lektüre
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Lektüre
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lektüren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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.