Leporello
[lepoˈʁɛlo]
The verdict
“Leporello” is uncommon German (frequency #84,239 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,239
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schriftstück/Bilderreihe auf einem langen, zusammengefalteten Papierstreifen
Corpus desk
Index DE-leporello · Leporello · German
Leporello · rank #84,239 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,239
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leitplanken
Nearest frequency peer: Leitplanken (-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 “Leporello”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lehnst
lehnst
15,765 corpus weight
- Leichtathlet
Leichtathlet
15,764 corpus weight
- Leitplanken
Leitplanken
15,763 corpus weight
- Leporello
Leporello
15,762 corpus weight
- Lernkurve
Lernkurve
15,761 corpus weight
- Lernstoff
Lernstoff
15,760 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Leporello” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leporello |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lepoˈʁɛlo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leporello” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Leporello is uncommon German at frequency #84,239 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lepoˈʁɛlo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Leporello in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Leporello, spelled L-E-P-O-R-E-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Schriftstück/Bilderreihe auf einem langen, zusammengefalteten Papierstreifen
- 2Unterlagen, die eine Universität ihren Studenten zum Semesterbeginn zukommen lässt
Synonyms
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 "Leporello", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.