letze

[ˈlɛt͡sə]

/[ˈlɛt͡sə]/ verb

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The verdict

“letze” is uncommon German (frequency #52,243 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,243
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-letze · letze · German

letze · rank #52,243 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,243
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lengerich

Nearest frequency peer: Lengerich (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „letze“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „letze“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for letze
PropertyValue
Headwordletze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈlɛt͡sə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,243
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „letze“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.letzefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lengerich“ (#52,242), „Lichtstrahl“ (#52,244), „legs“ (#52,241). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „letze“ bei #52,243. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

letze is uncommon German at frequency #52,243 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlɛt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for letze in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is letze, spelled L-E-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letzen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letzen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letzen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letzen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "letze"?
"letze" is spelled L-E-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlɛt͡sə].
What does "letze" mean?
As a verb, "letze" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs letzen
How do you pronounce "letze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "letze" is [ˈlɛt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "letze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lasch#52,237Lobes#52,253kusch#52,226malin#52,263

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list