Liebenau
[ˈliːbənaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Liebenau” is uncommon German (frequency #58,055 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,055
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-liebenau · Liebenau · German
Liebenau · rank #58,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,055
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Leuna
Nearest frequency peer: Leuna (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Liebenau“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- leuchteten
leuchteten
41,948 corpus weight
- Leuna
Leuna
41,947 corpus weight
- Liebenau
Liebenau
41,946 corpus weight
- Liegestuhl
Liegestuhl
41,945 corpus weight
- linksgrün
linksgrün
41,943 corpus weight
- linkslibera…
linksliberalen
41,942 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Liebenau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Liebenau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːbənaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Liebenau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Liebenau is uncommon German at frequency #58,055 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈliːbənaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Liebenau, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Liebenau, spelled L-I-E-B-E-N-A-U.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
- 2ein Stadtbezirk von Graz, Österreich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Liebenau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Liebenau liegt im Norden Hessens.
„Über das Jahr 1531 wird berichtet, dass Sultan Suleiman mit seinem türkischen Heer beim Einfall in die Steiermark in der Nacht vom 11. zum 12. September sein Lager in Liebenau aufschlug, das er danach abbrennen ließ.“
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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