liken
[ˈlaɪ̯kn̩]
The verdict
“liken” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,513
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas nach seinem Geschmack finden, Wohlgefallen an etwas finden; jemanden leiden mögen
Corpus desk
Index DE-liken · liken · German
liken · rank #39,513 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,513
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Leserin
Nearest frequency peer: Leserin (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „liken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lernprozess
Lernprozess
60,491 corpus weight
- Lesbe
Lesbe
60,490 corpus weight
- Leserin
Leserin
60,489 corpus weight
- liken
liken
60,488 corpus weight
- Linksradika…
Linksradikalen
60,487 corpus weight
- lächle
lächle
60,486 corpus weight
What this shows „liken“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | liken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪ̯kn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „liken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around liken (IPA [ˈlaɪ̯kn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,513 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for liken, with forms such as "ilken", "liekn", and "likenn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lin", "live", "line", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is liken, spelled L-I-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas nach seinem Geschmack finden, Wohlgefallen an etwas finden; jemanden leiden mögen
- 2im Internet, zumeist in einem sozialen Netzwerk, eine die Anzahl der Klicks zählende Schaltfläche anklicken, um einen Beitrag positiv zu bewerten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how liken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich like Lena, weil die net sich selber ist - und nicht worried[,] was die Leute von der denken.“
„Aber ich like das mehr, als wenn ich total dismatched nadelbestreift im Festzelt auftauchen würde.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilken
- liekn
- likenn
- likken
- lkien
- lliken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liken - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "liken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).