Liegnitz
[ˈliːɡnɪt͡s]
The verdict
“Liegnitz” is uncommon German (frequency #60,804 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,804
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deutscher Name der niederschlesischen Stadt Legnica
Corpus desk
Index DE-liegnitz · Liegnitz · German
Liegnitz · rank #60,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,804
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Liegeplatz
Nearest frequency peer: Liegeplatz (-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 “Liegnitz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lexington
Lexington
39,201 corpus weight
- Libanesen
Libanesen
39,200 corpus weight
- Liegeplatz
Liegeplatz
39,198 corpus weight
- Liegnitz
Liegnitz
39,197 corpus weight
- Lifte
Lifte
39,196 corpus weight
- Lloyds
Lloyds
39,194 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Liegnitz” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Liegnitz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːɡnɪt͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Liegnitz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Liegnitz is uncommon German at frequency #60,804 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈliːɡnɪt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutscher Name der niederschlesischen Stadt Legnica".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Liegnitz, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Liegnitz, spelled L-I-E-G-N-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1deutscher Name der niederschlesischen Stadt Legnica
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Liegnitz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.