liefer
[ˈliːfɐ]
The verdict
“liefer” is uncommon German (frequency #50,678 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,678
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs liefern
Corpus desk
Index DE-liefer · liefer · German
liefer · rank #50,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,678
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lieblingsfilm
Nearest frequency peer: Lieblingsfilm (-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 “liefer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- libro
libro
49,326 corpus weight
- Lieblingsbu…
Lieblingsbuch
49,325 corpus weight
- Lieblingsfi…
Lieblingsfilm
49,324 corpus weight
- liefer
liefer
49,323 corpus weight
- Lieferzeit
Lieferzeit
49,322 corpus weight
- liegendes
liegendes
49,321 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “liefer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liefer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈliːfɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liefer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
liefer is uncommon German at frequency #50,678 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈliːfɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for liefer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is liefer, spelled L-I-E-F-E-R.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs liefern
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs liefern
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 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.