Lieblingswort
[ˈliːplɪŋsˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Lieblingswort” is uncommon German (frequency #70,519 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,519
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das jemand fast allen anderen vorzieht
Corpus desk
Index DE-lieblingswort · Lieblingswort · German
Lieblingswort · rank #70,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,519
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH letizia
Nearest frequency peer: letizia (-2 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 „Lieblingswort“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- length
length
29,487 corpus weight
- Lernziele
Lernziele
29,485 corpus weight
- letizia
letizia
29,484 corpus weight
- Lieblingswo…
Lieblingswort
29,482 corpus weight
- liked
liked
29,480 corpus weight
- Linienverke…
Linienverkehr
29,478 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lieblingswort“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lieblingswort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːplɪŋsˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #70,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lieblingswort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lieblingswort is uncommon German at frequency #70,519 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈliːplɪŋsˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort, das jemand fast allen anderen vorzieht".
Lieblingswort has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Lieblingswort, spelled L-I-E-B-L-I-N-G-S-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, das jemand fast allen anderen vorzieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lieblingswort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Wort »Dekadenz« ist just ein Lieblingswort unter amerikanischen Kulturpessimisten, und jeder versteht es anders.“
„Mit den wärmer werdenden Tagen wird es jetzt Zeit für die Lieblingswörter der Deutschen, die uns auch das Herz wärmen.“
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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