liebes

[ˈliːbəs]

/[ˈliːbəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“liebes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,619. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,619
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb

Corpus desk

Index DE-liebes · liebes · German

liebes · rank #5,619 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,619
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH lebendig

Nearest frequency peer: lebendig (-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 „liebes“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „liebes“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

liebes vs lies
67% similar
liebes vs liebt
67% similar
liebes vs likes
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for liebes
PropertyValue
Headwordliebes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈliːbəs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,619
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „liebes“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).liebesliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „lebendig“ (#5,618), „lies“ (#5,620), „landet“ (#5,617). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „liebes“ bei #5,619. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around liebes (IPA [ˈliːbəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,619 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for liebes, with forms such as "ilebes", "libees", and "liebbes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lies", "liebt", "likes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is liebes, spelled L-I-E-B-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilebes
  • libees
  • liebbes
  • liebess
  • liebse
  • lieebs
  • lliebes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liebes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ilebes2libees2liebbes1liebess1liebse2lieebs2lliebes1
Edit distance from "liebes"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "liebes"?
"liebes" is spelled L-I-E-B-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈliːbəs].
What does "liebes" mean?
As an adjective, "liebes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs lieb
What words are commonly confused with "liebes"?
"liebes" is commonly confused with "lies", "liebt", "likes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "liebes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liebes" is [ˈliːbəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "liebes" come from?
"liebes" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "liebes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

landet#5,617klarer#5,615Irland#5,609Moritz#5,629

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Maske7 variantsMathe7 variantsmelde7 variantsNebel7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list