lieu
[ljuː]
The verdict
“lieu” is uncommon German (frequency #90,577 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,577
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Platz, die Stelle, die Stätte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lieu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ljuː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lieu” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lieu is uncommon German at frequency #90,577 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ljuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Platz, die Stelle, die Stätte".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lieu in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is lieu, spelled L-I-E-U.
Definition
- 1der Platz, die Stelle, die Stätte
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 “lieu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.