Liebesbrief
[ˈliːbəsˌbʁiːf]
The verdict
“Liebesbrief” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,428
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein sehr persönlicher Brief an eine geliebte Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-liebesbrief · Liebesbrief · German
Liebesbrief · rank #45,428 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #45,428
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH liebenswerte
Nearest frequency peer: liebenswerte (-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 “Liebesbrief”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Leuchtkraft
Leuchtkraft
54,576 corpus weight
- Lichterkette
Lichterkette
54,575 corpus weight
- liebenswerte
liebenswerte
54,574 corpus weight
- Liebesbrief
Liebesbrief
54,573 corpus weight
- liegender
liegender
54,572 corpus weight
- Lohmar
Lohmar
54,570 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Liebesbrief” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Liebesbrief |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːbəsˌbʁiːf] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #45,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Liebesbrief” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Liebesbrief (IPA [ˈliːbəsˌbʁiːf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,428 among 30,953 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein sehr persönlicher Brief an eine geliebte Person".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Liebesbrief, with forms such as "ilebesbrief", "leibesbreif", and "leibesbrief". 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, "Liebesbriefe", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Liebesbrief, spelled L-I-E-B-E-S-B-R-I-E-F.
Definition
- 1ein sehr persönlicher Brief an eine geliebte Person
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilebesbrief
- leibesbreif
- leibesbrief
- libeesbrief
- liebbesbrief
- liebebsrief
- liebesbbrief
- liebesbiref
- liebesbreif
- liebesbrieff
- liebesbrife
- liebesbrrief
- liebesrbief
- liebessbrief
- liebsebrief
- lieebsbrief
- lliebesbrief
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Liebesbrief - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Liebesbrief", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.