lenkten
[ˈlɛŋktn̩]
The verdict
“lenkten” is uncommon German (frequency #80,621 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,621
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lenken
Corpus desk
Index DE-lenkten · lenkten · German
lenkten · rank #80,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,621
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehrperson
Nearest frequency peer: Lehrperson (-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 “lenkten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lebensphasen
Lebensphasen
19,383 corpus weight
- Lehnwort
Lehnwort
19,382 corpus weight
- Lehrperson
Lehrperson
19,381 corpus weight
- lenkten
lenkten
19,380 corpus weight
- leucht
leucht
19,379 corpus weight
- Lid
Lid
19,378 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lenkten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lenkten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlɛŋktn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lenkten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lenkten is uncommon German at frequency #80,621 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlɛŋktn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lenkten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is lenkten, spelled L-E-N-K-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lenken
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lenken
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lenken
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lenken
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 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.