Liestal
[ˈliːsˌtal]
The verdict
“Liestal” is uncommon German (frequency #62,613 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,613
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine schweizerische politische Gemeinde im Bezirk Liestal (Kanton Basel-Landschaft)
Corpus desk
Index DE-liestal · Liestal · German
Liestal · rank #62,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,613
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leutchen
Nearest frequency peer: Leutchen (-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 “Liestal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lesbare
lesbare
37,392 corpus weight
- letztgenann…
letztgenannte
37,391 corpus weight
- Leutchen
Leutchen
37,389 corpus weight
- Liestal
Liestal
37,388 corpus weight
- Lilian
Lilian
37,387 corpus weight
- linkem
linkem
37,386 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Liestal” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Liestal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈliːsˌtal] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Liestal” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Liestal is uncommon German at frequency #62,613 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈliːsˌtal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Liestal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Liestal, spelled L-I-E-S-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1eine schweizerische politische Gemeinde im Bezirk Liestal (Kanton Basel-Landschaft)
- 2eine Verwaltungseinheit im Kanton Basel-Landschaft mit Hauptort [1]
This word in other languages
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Liestal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 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.