Lesung

/[ˈleːzʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,747

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Lesung is aGermannoun. It means: öffentlicher Vortrag eines Textes im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung, eines Gottesdienstes Pronounced [ˈleːzʊŋ]. It ranks #8,747 in German word frequency. Often confused with lung and Lösung.

Key facts for Lesung
PropertyValue
HeadwordLesung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈleːzʊŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,747
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Lesung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Lesung is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleːzʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,747 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Lesung, with forms such as "elsung", "lesnug", and "lessung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "lung", "Lösung", "Lesungen", 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 Lesung, spelled L-E-S-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    öffentlicher Vortrag eines Textes im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung, eines Gottesdienstes
  2. 2
    spezifische Interpretation eines Textes
  3. 3
    Beratung eines Gesetzes im zuständigen Gremium

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elsung,lesnug,lessung,lesugn,lesungg,lesunng,leusng,llesung,lseung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Lesung

Misspelling Variants of "Lesung"

elsung6lesnug6lessung7lesugn6lesungg7lesunng7leusng6llesung7
Misspelling Variants of "Lesung"

Frequency rank: #8,747 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lesung"?
"Lesung" is spelled L-E-S-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleːzʊŋ].
What does "Lesung" mean?
As a noun, "Lesung" means: öffentlicher Vortrag eines Textes im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung, eines Gottesdienstes
What words are commonly confused with "Lesung"?
"Lesung" is commonly confused with "lung", "Lösung", "Lesungen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lesung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lesung" is [ˈleːzʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lesung" come from?
"Lesung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.