Likör
[liˈkøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Likör” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,260
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aromatisches alkoholisches Getränk mit relativ hohem Zuckergehalt und einem Alkoholgehalt von 15 bis 40 Prozent
Corpus desk
Index DE-likor · Likör · German
Likör · rank #38,260 · 7 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,260
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH liebenswürdig
Nearest frequency peer: liebenswürdig (-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 „Likör“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lerner
Lerner
61,744 corpus weight
- libysche
libysche
61,743 corpus weight
- liebenswürd…
liebenswürdig
61,742 corpus weight
- Likör
Likör
61,741 corpus weight
- Limbach
Limbach
61,740 corpus weight
- lips
lips
61,739 corpus weight
What this shows „Likör“ 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 | Likör |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [liˈkøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #38,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Likör“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Likör (IPA [liˈkøːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,260 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aromatisches alkoholisches Getränk mit relativ hohem Zuckergehalt und einem Alkoholgehalt von 15 bis 40 Prozent".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Likör, with forms such as "ilkör", "likkör", and "likrö". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "LKR", "lion", "Limo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Likör, spelled L-I-K-Ö-R.
Definition
- 1aromatisches alkoholisches Getränk mit relativ hohem Zuckergehalt und einem Alkoholgehalt von 15 bis 40 Prozent
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Likör appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die alten Damen trafen sich jede Woche zum Kartenspiel und tranken dazu immer ein Glas Likör.
„Reizl goß sich ein Gläschen Likör ein.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilkör
- likkör
- likrö
- likörr
- liökr
- lkiör
- llikör
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Likör - 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 "Likör", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).