Lieblingsfach

[ˈliːplɪŋsˌfax]

/[ˈliːplɪŋsˌfax]/ noun

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The verdict

“Lieblingsfach” is uncommon German (frequency #89,230 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,230
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Schul-)Fach, das eine Person(engruppe) am meisten mag

Corpus desk

Index DE-lieblingsfach · Lieblingsfach · German

Lieblingsfach · rank #89,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,230
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lichtverschmu…

Nearest frequency peer: Lichtverschmutzung (-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 „Lieblingsfach“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lieblingsfach“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lieblingsfach
PropertyValue
HeadwordLieblingsfach
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈliːplɪŋsˌfax]
Letters13
Frequency rank#89,230
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lieblingsfach“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Lieblingsfachfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lichtverschmutzung“ (#89,229), „Lieblingsmusik“ (#89,231), „Liberec“ (#89,228). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lieblingsfach“ bei #89,230. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lieblingsfach is uncommon German at frequency #89,230 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈliːplɪŋsˌfax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Schul-)Fach, das eine Person(engruppe) am meisten mag".

Lieblingsfach doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lieblingsfach, spelled L-I-E-B-L-I-N-G-S-F-A-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Schul-)Fach, das eine Person(engruppe) am meisten mag

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Lieblingsfach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Sport gehörte nicht zu meinen Lieblingsfächern.“

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 "Lieblingsfach"?
"Lieblingsfach" is spelled L-I-E-B-L-I-N-G-S-F-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈliːplɪŋsˌfax].
What does "Lieblingsfach" mean?
As a noun, "Lieblingsfach" means: (Schul-)Fach, das eine Person(engruppe) am meisten mag
How do you pronounce "Lieblingsfach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lieblingsfach" is [ˈliːplɪŋsˌfax]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lieblingsfach" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manipulierbar#89,265Kulturdenkmal#89,181Mazedonischen#89,279Krankenschein#89,171

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list