lida
[`liːda]
The verdict
“lida” is uncommon German (frequency #97,314 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,314
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - leiden
Corpus desk
Index DE-lida · lida · German
lida · rank #97,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,314
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lichtverhältn…
Nearest frequency peer: Lichtverhältnissen (-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 “lida”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- leserlich
leserlich
2,691 corpus weight
- Leticia
Leticia
2,690 corpus weight
- Lichtverhäl…
Lichtverhältnissen
2,688 corpus weight
- lida
lida
2,687 corpus weight
- Lieblingsso…
Lieblingssong
2,685 corpus weight
- Lieds
Lieds
2,684 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lida” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lida |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [`liːda] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lida” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lida is uncommon German at frequency #97,314 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [`liːda]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for lida in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is lida, spelled L-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1leiden
- 2leiden können, mögen - nur in Negation oder Frage
- 3zugehen, entgegengehen, vergehen
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.