Leser
[ˈleːzɐ]
The verdict
“Leser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,347
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der liest
Corpus desk
Index DE-leser · Leser · German
Leser · rank #2,347 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,347
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lautet
Nearest frequency peer: lautet (-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 “Leser”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- höchste
höchste
97,657 corpus weight
- Kommunikati…
Kommunikation
97,656 corpus weight
- lautet
lautet
97,655 corpus weight
- Leser
Leser
97,654 corpus weight
- liebt
liebt
97,653 corpus weight
- Mainz
Mainz
97,652 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Leser” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːzɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Leser” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Leser (IPA [ˈleːzɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,347 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der liest".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leser, with forms such as "elser", "leesr", and "leserr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lose", "lest", "less", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Leser, spelled L-E-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der liest
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der aufmerksame Leser sieht, was zwischen den Zeilen steht.
„Liegt es an der Fähigkeit, mit einem einzigen Satz zu irritieren, daß die neun Erzählungen den Leser so leise in ihren Bann ziehen, daß sie so lange nachhallen?“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elser
- leesr
- leserr
- lesre
- lesser
- lleser
- lseer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leser - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Leser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Leser". Here's where to go from here.
- "Leser" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Lose". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,347 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.