Liaison
[li̯ɛˈzɔ̃ː]
The verdict
“Liaison” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,563
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kombination oder Verbindung von Partnern oder Gegenständen
Corpus desk
Index DE-liaison · Liaison · German
Liaison · rank #47,563 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,563
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lichterketten
Nearest frequency peer: Lichterketten (+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 “Liaison”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lerche
Lerche
52,441 corpus weight
- Lesers
Lesers
52,440 corpus weight
- Liaison
Liaison
52,438 corpus weight
- Lichterkett…
Lichterketten
52,437 corpus weight
- Liegestütze
Liegestütze
52,436 corpus weight
- Lobbyarbeit
Lobbyarbeit
52,434 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Liaison” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Liaison |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [li̯ɛˈzɔ̃ː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Liaison” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Liaison (IPA [li̯ɛˈzɔ̃ː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,563 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Liaison, with forms such as "ilaison", "laiison", and "liaiosn". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Liaison, spelled L-I-A-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Kombination oder Verbindung von Partnern oder Gegenständen
- 2mit leicht negativer Bewertung: (anrüchiges) Liebesverhältnis
- 3besondere Art der Verbindung zwischen Wörtern, bei der ein Laut am Wortende hörbar wird, der normalerweise nicht gesprochen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Liaison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Patentrezepte für eine glückliche Liaison von Wein und Speisen gibt es nicht, Wegweise[r] für ein gedeihliches Miteinander aber schon - geglückte Kombinationen zwischen Wein und feinen Speisen sind keine Zufallstreffer.“
„Die Mail endet mit dem Angebot, eine merkwürdige Geschichte über die Liaison von Informant und Redaktion könne exklusiv erworben werden.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilaison
- laiison
- liaiosn
- liaisno
- liaisonn
- liaisson
- liasion
- liiason
- lliaison
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Liaison - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Liaison", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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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.