Lieblingen
[ˈliːplɪŋən]
The verdict
“Lieblingen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,029 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,029
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Liebling
Corpus desk
Index DE-lieblingen · Lieblingen · German
Lieblingen · rank #83,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,029
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH liebenswürdige
Nearest frequency peer: liebenswürdige (-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 “Lieblingen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lichtbilder
Lichtbilder
16,975 corpus weight
- Lichtmaschi…
Lichtmaschine
16,974 corpus weight
- liebenswürd…
liebenswürdige
16,973 corpus weight
- Lieblingen
Lieblingen
16,972 corpus weight
- listete
listete
16,970 corpus weight
- litauisch
litauisch
16,969 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lieblingen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lieblingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːplɪŋən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lieblingen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lieblingen is uncommon German at frequency #83,029 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈliːplɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Liebling".
No misspelling variants are generated for Lieblingen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Lieblingen, spelled L-I-E-B-L-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Liebling
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 "Lieblingen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.