Liebende

/[ˈliːbn̩də]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,650

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Liebende is aGermannoun. It means: weibliche Person, die jemanden liebt, also eine starke emotionale Bindung zu jemandem hat Pronounced [ˈliːbn̩də]. Often confused with liegend and liegende.

Key facts for Liebende
PropertyValue
HeadwordLiebende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈliːbn̩də]
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,650
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Liebende in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Liebende is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈliːbn̩də]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,650 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weibliche Person, die jemanden liebt, also eine starke emotionale Bindung zu jemandem hat".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Liebende, with forms such as "ilebende", "leibende", and "libeende". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "liegend", "liegende", "liegenden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Liebende, spelled L-I-E-B-E-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die jemanden liebt, also eine starke emotionale Bindung zu jemandem hat

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilebende,leibende,libeende,liebbende,liebedne,liebendde,liebened,liebennde,liebnede,lieebnde,lliebende

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Liebende

Misspelling Variants of "Liebende"

ilebende8leibende8libeende8liebbende9liebedne8liebendde9liebened8liebennde9
Misspelling Variants of "Liebende"

Frequency rank: #25,650 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Liebende"?
"Liebende" is spelled L-I-E-B-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈliːbn̩də].
What does "Liebende" mean?
As a noun, "Liebende" means: weibliche Person, die jemanden liebt, also eine starke emotionale Bindung zu jemandem hat
What words are commonly confused with "Liebende"?
"Liebende" is commonly confused with "liegend", "liegende", "liegenden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Liebende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Liebende" is [ˈliːbn̩də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Liebende" come from?
"Liebende" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.