Lichtung
[ˈlɪçtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Lichtung” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,785
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine nicht mit Bäumen bewachsene Fläche in einem Wald
Corpus desk
Index DE-lichtung · Lichtung · German
Lichtung · rank #34,785 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #34,785
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lichtes
Nearest frequency peer: Lichtes (-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 „Lichtung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lesebuch
Lesebuch
65,219 corpus weight
- Lesezeichen
Lesezeichen
65,218 corpus weight
- Lichtes
Lichtes
65,217 corpus weight
- Lichtung
Lichtung
65,216 corpus weight
- lieg
lieg
65,215 corpus weight
- Limousinen
Limousinen
65,214 corpus weight
What this shows „Lichtung“ 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 | Lichtung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪçtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Lichtung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Lichtung (IPA [ˈlɪçtʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,785 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine nicht mit Bäumen bewachsene Fläche in einem Wald".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lichtung, with forms such as "ilchtung", "lcihtung", and "licchtung". 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, "Lichten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Lichtung, spelled L-I-C-H-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1eine nicht mit Bäumen bewachsene Fläche in einem Wald
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lichtung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als sie die Lichtung betrat, wurde sie sofort von der Sonne geblendet.
„Nachdem ich so die wertvollen Papiere sicher verwahrt hatte, rannte ich über die Lichtung weiter auf eine Stelle zu, wo ein Pfad abzugehen schien.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilchtung
- lcihtung
- licchtung
- lichhtung
- lichtnug
- lichttung
- lichtugn
- lichtungg
- lichtunng
- lichutng
- licthung
- lihctung
- llichtung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lichtung - 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 "Lichtung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).