Lisa

/[ˈliːza]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,672

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Lisa is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈliːza]. It ranks #3,672 in German word frequency. Often confused with Los and liv.

Key facts for Lisa
PropertyValue
HeadwordLisa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈliːza]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,672
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Lisa in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Lisa is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈliːza]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,672 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Lisa, with forms such as "ilsa", "lias", and "lissa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Los", "liv", "LKA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Lisa, spelled L-I-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilsa,lias,lissa,llisa,lsia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Lisa

Misspelling Variants of "Lisa"

ilsa4lias4lissa5llisa5lsia4
Misspelling Variants of "Lisa"

Frequency rank: #3,672 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lisa"?
"Lisa" is spelled L-I-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈliːza].
What does "Lisa" mean?
As a name, "Lisa" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Lisa"?
"Lisa" is commonly confused with "Los", "liv", "LKA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lisa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lisa" is [ˈliːza]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lisa" come from?
"Lisa" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.