Lied

[liːt]

/[liːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Lied” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,606) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,606
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gesungenes Musikstück

Corpus desk

Index DE-lied · Lied · German

Lied · rank #1,606 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,606
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Leitung

Nearest frequency peer: Leitung (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Lied“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Lied“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Lied vs LTE
25% similar
Lied vs lud
25% similar
Lied vs lin
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Lied
PropertyValue
HeadwordLied
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[liːt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,606
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Lied“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Liedliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Leitung“ (#1,605), „liga“ (#1,607), „legt“ (#1,604). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lied“ bei #1,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Lied is neighbouring look-alikes ("LTE", "lud", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [liːt]. Frequency #1,606 among 2,640 “L” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lied, with forms such as "iled", "lide", and "liedd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LTE", "lud", "lin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Lied, spelled L-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    gesungenes Musikstück
  2. 2
    episches Stück

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lasst uns das Lied „Hänschen klein“ singen!
  2. „Drei schwarze Vögel verspotten ihn mit einem Lied auf die Sinnlosigkeit alles menschlichen Tuns.“

Antonyms

KantateMusicalOperOperetteOratoriumBallettInstrumentalstückKonzertRhapsodieSinfonie

This word in other languages

song(English)canción(Español)chanson(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iled
  • lide
  • liedd
  • llied

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lied - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iled2lide2liedd1llied1
Edit distance from "Lied"

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 "Lied"?
"Lied" is spelled L-I-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is [liːt].
What does "Lied" mean?
As a noun, "Lied" means: gesungenes Musikstück
What words are commonly confused with "Lied"?
"Lied" is commonly confused with "LTE", "lud", "lin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lied"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lied" is [liːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lied" come from?
"Lied" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

liga#1,607legt#1,604Büro#1,588Blut#1,586

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list