Lichtblick
[ˈlɪçtˌblɪk]
The verdict
“Lichtblick” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,950. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,950
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erfreulicher Ausblick in die Zukunft während sonst monotoner oder misslicher gegenwärtig bestehender Verhältnisse; etwas Erfreuliches, Schönes, Tröstliches, das aufmuntert und zu Hoffnung Anlass gi...
Corpus desk
Index DE-lichtblick · Lichtblick · German
Lichtblick · rank #26,950 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,950
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lenkung
Nearest frequency peer: Lenkung (-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 „Lichtblick“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lebensumstä…
Lebensumstände
73,054 corpus weight
- lebhafte
lebhafte
73,053 corpus weight
- Lenkung
Lenkung
73,052 corpus weight
- Lichtblick
Lichtblick
73,051 corpus weight
- Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein
73,050 corpus weight
- Lieblinge
Lieblinge
73,049 corpus weight
What this shows „Lichtblick“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lichtblick |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪçtˌblɪk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #26,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Lichtblick“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Lichtblick (IPA [ˈlɪçtˌblɪk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,950 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "erfreulicher Ausblick in die Zukunft während sonst monotoner oder misslicher gegenwärtig bestehender Verhältnisse; etwas Erfreuliches, Schönes, Tröstliches, das aufmuntert und zu Hoffnung Anlass gi...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lichtblick, with forms such as "ilchtblick", "lcihtblick", and "licchtblick". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Lichtblick, spelled L-I-C-H-T-B-L-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1erfreulicher Ausblick in die Zukunft während sonst monotoner oder misslicher gegenwärtig bestehender Verhältnisse; etwas Erfreuliches, Schönes, Tröstliches, das aufmuntert und zu Hoffnung Anlass gibt in einer sonst schwierigen Situation oder Zeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lichtblick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das war ein Lichtblick in dem Grau der dahinfließenden Tage gewesen, die von Hunger bestimmt waren.“
„Es gab auch Lichtblicke, und je länger, je mehr.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilchtblick
- lcihtblick
- licchtblick
- lichbtlick
- lichhtblick
- lichtbblick
- lichtbilck
- lichtblcik
- lichtblicck
- lichtblickk
- lichtblikc
- lichtbllick
- lichtlbick
- lichttblick
- licthblick
- lihctblick
- llichtblick
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lichtblick - 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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