liefern
[ˈliːfɐn]
The verdict
“liefern” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,455 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,455
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ware zum Käufer transportieren
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liefern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈliːfɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liefern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for liefern is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈliːfɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,455 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for liefern, with forms such as "ilefern", "leifern", and "lieefrn". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "liegen", "Litern", "liefert", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is liefern, spelled L-I-E-F-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Ware zum Käufer transportieren
- 2Ertrag liefern: ein gewünschtes Naturprodukt erzeugen
- 3(Informationen) recherchieren und weitergeben
- 4zusammen mit Substantiven, die eine Handlung ausdrücken: die Handlung mit Bezug auf den Zuschauer, Hörer oder Leser ausführen
- 5kämpfen
- 6ein (angekündigtes) Vorhaben in die Tat umsetzen; eine erwünschte Leistung erbringen; den Erwartungen, die an einen selbst von dritter Seite gestellt werden, entsprechen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilefern,leifern,lieefrn,liefenr,liefernn,lieferrn,lieffern,liefren,lifeern,lliefern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liefern - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “liefern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-E-F-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈliːfɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “liegen” - see the side-by-side comparison. liefern vs liegen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.