LGBT
[ɛld͡ʒiːbiːˈtiː]
The verdict
“LGBT” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,815
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sammelbezeichnung für Lesben, Schwule, Bisexuelle und Transsexuelle
Corpus desk
Index DE-lgbt · LGBT · German
LGBT · rank #22,815 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,815
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Linkshänder
Nearest frequency peer: Linkshänder (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „LGBT“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lech
Lech
77,191 corpus weight
- Legalisieru…
Legalisierung
77,190 corpus weight
- Leibe
Leibe
77,189 corpus weight
- LGBT
LGBT
77,186 corpus weight
- Linkshänder
Linkshänder
77,185 corpus weight
- Machtergrei…
Machtergreifung
77,182 corpus weight
What this shows „LGBT“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | LGBT |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ɛld͡ʒiːbiːˈtiː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #22,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „LGBT“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around LGBT (IPA [ɛld͡ʒiːbiːˈtiː]), anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #22,815 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sammelbezeichnung für Lesben, Schwule, Bisexuelle und Transsexuelle".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for LGBT, with forms such as "glbt", "lbgt", and "lgbbt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lob", "Lot", "Luft", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is LGBT, spelled L-G-B-T.
Definition
- 1Sammelbezeichnung für Lesben, Schwule, Bisexuelle und Transsexuelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LGBT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Kürzel LGBT wird heute international verstanden.
„Während hier für dasselbe Jahr 47 gewalttätige Angriffe mit rassistischem Hintergrund gezählt wurden, waren es 118 gewalttätige Angriffe auf LGBT Menschen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- glbt
- lbgt
- lgbbt
- lgbtt
- lggbt
- lgtb
- llgbt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of LGBT - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "LGBT", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).