Liegenschaft
[ˈliːɡn̩ʃaft]
The verdict
“Liegenschaft” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #33,170 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,170
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein oder mehrere Grundstücke oder Gebäude, die meist eine funktionale Einheit bilden
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 | Liegenschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːɡn̩ʃaft] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #33,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Liegenschaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Liegenschaft is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈliːɡn̩ʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,170 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein oder mehrere Grundstücke oder Gebäude, die meist eine funktionale Einheit bilden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Liegenschaft, with forms such as "ilegenschaft", "leigenschaft", and "lieegnschaft". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Liegenschaften", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Liegenschaft, spelled L-I-E-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1ein oder mehrere Grundstücke oder Gebäude, die meist eine funktionale Einheit bilden
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilegenschaft,leigenschaft,lieegnschaft,liegencshaft,liegennschaft,liegenscahft,liegenscchaft,liegenschafft,liegenschaftt,liegenschatf,liegenschfat,liegenschhaft,liegenshcaft,liegensschaft,liegesnchaft,lieggenschaft,liegneschaft,ligeenschaft,lliegenschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Liegenschaft - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Liegenschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-E-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈliːɡn̩ʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Liegenschaften” - see the side-by-side comparison. Liegenschaft vs Liegenschaften
- 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.