Leven
[…]
The verdict
“Leven” is uncommon German (frequency #84,242 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,242
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Leve
Corpus desk
Index DE-leven · Leven · German
Leven · rank #84,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,242
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lernstoff
Nearest frequency peer: Lernstoff (-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 “Leven”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- lexikalische
lexikalische
15,757 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Leven” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leven |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leven” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Leven is uncommon German at frequency #84,242 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Leven, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Leven, spelled L-E-V-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Leve
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Leve
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Leve
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Leve
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Leven"?
What does "Leven" mean?
How do you pronounce "Leven"?
What language does "Leven" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Leven", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.