Lippspringe

[lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə]

/[lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə]/ name

The verdict

“Lippspringe” is uncommon German (frequency #89,237 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,237
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bad Lippspringe; eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-lippspringe · Lippspringe · German

Lippspringe · rank #89,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,237
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH linksrheinisc…

Nearest frequency peer: linksrheinischen (-2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Lippspringe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lippspringe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lippspringe
PropertyValue
HeadwordLippspringe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lippspringe“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Lippspringefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „linksrheinischen“ (#89,235), „Limassol“ (#89,234), „loci“ (#89,240). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lippspringe“ bei #89,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lippspringe is uncommon German at frequency #89,237 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bad Lippspringe; eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".

Lippspringe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Lippspringe, spelled L-I-P-P-S-P-R-I-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bad Lippspringe; eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Lippspringe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lippspringe liegt in Deutschlands Westen.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lippspringe"?
"Lippspringe" is spelled L-I-P-P-S-P-R-I-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə].
What does "Lippspringe" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lippspringe" means: Bad Lippspringe; eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Lippspringe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lippspringe" is [lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lippspringe" come from?
"Lippspringe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lippspringe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list