limelight
[ˈlaɪmlaɪt]
The verdict
“limelight” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Rampenlicht; der Mittelpunkt des Interesses
Corpus desk
Index DE-limelight · limelight · German
limelight · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limelight |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɪmlaɪt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „limelight“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
limelight is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaɪmlaɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for limelight, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is limelight, spelled L-I-M-E-L-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1das Rampenlicht; der Mittelpunkt des Interesses
- 2das Drummondsche Licht, Kalklicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how limelight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
".., have brought the cavalry fight at Gettysburg into the limelight, so that there is no longer any pretext for the historian or student of the history of the civil war to profess ignorance of the events of that day which reflect so much luster on the cavalry arm of the service."
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.