león
[leˈon]
The verdict
“león” is uncommon German (frequency #68,429 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,429
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Löwe
Corpus desk
Index DE-leon · león · German
león · rank #68,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,429
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH leugne
Nearest frequency peer: leugne (-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 “león”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lernerfolg
Lernerfolg
31,575 corpus weight
- Lesegerät
Lesegerät
31,574 corpus weight
- leugne
leugne
31,573 corpus weight
- león
león
31,572 corpus weight
- lichtet
lichtet
31,569 corpus weight
- Lieblingsba…
Lieblingsband
31,568 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “león” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | león |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leˈon] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “león” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
león is uncommon German at frequency #68,429 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [leˈon]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Löwe".
Zero misspellings are on record for león in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is león, spelled L-E-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Löwe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how león appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Los leones son la mayor atracción del jardín zoológico.
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); 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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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