Lieblingsspiel
[ˈliːplɪŋsˌʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Lieblingsspiel” is uncommon German (frequency #69,471 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,471
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spiel, das man am liebsten spielt
Corpus desk
Index DE-lieblingsspiel · Lieblingsspiel · German
Lieblingsspiel · rank #69,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,471
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lider
Nearest frequency peer: Lider (-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 “Lieblingsspiel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Leihmutter
Leihmutter
30,535 corpus weight
- Leopolds
Leopolds
30,533 corpus weight
- Lider
Lider
30,531 corpus weight
- Lieblingssp…
Lieblingsspiel
30,530 corpus weight
- lizenzierte
lizenzierte
30,527 corpus weight
- loan
loan
30,526 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lieblingsspiel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lieblingsspiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːplɪŋsˌʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #69,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lieblingsspiel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lieblingsspiel is uncommon German at frequency #69,471 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈliːplɪŋsˌʃpiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spiel, das man am liebsten spielt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lieblingsspiel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Lieblingsspiel, spelled L-I-E-B-L-I-N-G-S-S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Spiel, das man am liebsten spielt
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lieblingsspiel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 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.