Lernkurve
[ˈlɛʁnˌkʊʁvə]
The verdict
“Lernkurve” is uncommon German (frequency #84,240 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,240
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - grafische Darstellung des Lernerfolgs in Relation zum Zeitaufwand; auch : das erfassen Müssen vieler oder komplexer Informationen auf einmal
Corpus desk
Index DE-lernkurve · Lernkurve · German
Lernkurve · rank #84,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,240
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leporello
Nearest frequency peer: Leporello (-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 “Lernkurve”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Leven
Leven
15,759 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lernkurve” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lernkurve |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛʁnˌkʊʁvə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lernkurve” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lernkurve is uncommon German at frequency #84,240 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛʁnˌkʊʁvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grafische Darstellung des Lernerfolgs in Relation zum Zeitaufwand; auch : das erfassen Müssen vieler oder komplexer Informationen auf einmal".
No misspelling variants are generated for Lernkurve in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Lernkurve, spelled L-E-R-N-K-U-R-V-E.
Definition
- 1grafische Darstellung des Lernerfolgs in Relation zum Zeitaufwand; auch : das erfassen Müssen vieler oder komplexer Informationen auf einmal
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.
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
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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.