limerick
[lɪmɘrɪk]
The verdict
“limerick” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Limerick
Corpus desk
Index DE-limerick · limerick · German
limerick · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | limerick |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɪmɘrɪk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „limerick“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
limerick is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɪmɘrɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Limerick".
No generated misspelling entries exist for limerick in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is limerick, spelled L-I-M-E-R-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1Limerick
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how limerick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My grandfather knew quite a few limericks.
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.