lernten
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#13,649
in German word usage
Misspellings
11
tracked variants
Confusables
19
similar word pairs
lernten is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lernen Pronounced [ˈlɛʁntn̩]. Often confused with Leuten and letten.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lernten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlɛʁntn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for lernten is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlɛʁntn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,649 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for lernten, with forms such as "elrnten", "lenrten", and "lernetn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Leuten", "letten", "letzten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is lernten, spelled L-E-R-N-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lernen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lernen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lernen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lernen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elrnten,lenrten,lernetn,lernnten,lerntenn,lerntne,lerntten,lerrnten,lertnen,llernten,lrenten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lernten
Misspelling Variants of "lernten"
Frequency rank: #13,649 in German
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Nearby German words
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