liberal
[libeˈʁaːl]
The verdict
“liberal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,694
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Liberalismus betreffend; freiheitsliebend
Corpus desk
Index DE-liberal · liberal · German
liberal · rank #11,694 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,694
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Legislaturper…
Nearest frequency peer: Legislaturperiode (-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 „liberal“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Laster
Laster
88,310 corpus weight
- legendären
legendären
88,309 corpus weight
- Legislaturp…
Legislaturperiode
88,308 corpus weight
- liberal
liberal
88,307 corpus weight
- Lieblings
Lieblings
88,306 corpus weight
- linden
linden
88,305 corpus weight
What this shows „liberal“ 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 | liberal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [libeˈʁaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „liberal“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around liberal (IPA [libeˈʁaːl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,694 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for liberal, with forms such as "ilberal", "lbieral", and "libberal". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Lineal", "libero", "liberty", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is liberal, spelled L-I-B-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1den Liberalismus betreffend; freiheitsliebend
- 2weltanschaulich tolerant; ohne Vorurteile
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how liberal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich hoffe, dass die Menschen auf der Welt viel liberaler werden.
Auch in der Kirche gibt es liberalere und konservativere Strömungen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilberal
- lbieral
- libberal
- libearl
- liberall
- liberla
- liberral
- libreal
- liebral
- lliberal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liberal - 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 "liberal", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).