liška
[ˈlɪʃka]
The verdict
“liška” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Raubtier mit rotbraunem Fell: Fuchs
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liška |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪʃka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liška” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for liška is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlɪʃka]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for liška in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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, 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 liška, spelled L-I-Š-K-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Raubtier mit rotbraunem Fell: Fuchs
- 2Pelz von ^([1]): Fuchspelz
- 3Botanik, Ständerpilzart: Pfifferling, Eierschwamm
- 4schlauer Mensch: Schelm, Schlaufuchs, Pfiffikus
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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.
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Using “liška”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-Š-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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