Leverkusen
[ˈleːvɐkuːzn̩]
The verdict
“Leverkusen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,867
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nordöstlich von Köln gelegene kreisfreie Großstadt
Corpus desk
Index DE-leverkusen · Leverkusen · German
Leverkusen · rank #5,867 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #5,867
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH lernte
Nearest frequency peer: lernte (-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 “Leverkusen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Leder
Leder
94,137 corpus weight
- Lena
Lena
94,136 corpus weight
- lernte
lernte
94,135 corpus weight
- Leverkusen
Leverkusen
94,134 corpus weight
- Lübeck
Lübeck
94,133 corpus weight
- Malerei
Malerei
94,132 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Leverkusen” 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 | Leverkusen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːvɐkuːzn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Leverkusen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Leverkusen (IPA [ˈleːvɐkuːzn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,867 among 30,953 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nordöstlich von Köln gelegene kreisfreie Großstadt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leverkusen, with forms such as "elverkusen", "leevrkusen", and "levekrusen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Leverkusener", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Leverkusen, spelled L-E-V-E-R-K-U-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1nordöstlich von Köln gelegene kreisfreie Großstadt
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elverkusen
- leevrkusen
- levekrusen
- leverkkusen
- leverksuen
- leverkuesn
- leverkusenn
- leverkusne
- leverkussen
- leverrkusen
- leveruksen
- levrekusen
- levverkusen
- lleverkusen
- lveerkusen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leverkusen - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Leverkusen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.