lizard

Name: lizard, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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/[…]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“lizard” is uncommon German (frequency #90,581 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,581
frequency rank, German: 2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Eidechse

Corpus desk

Index DE-lizard · lizard · German

lizard · rank #90,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #90,581
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 2,640
PHOTO-FINISH Literaturanga…

Nearest frequency peer: Literaturangaben (-1 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.

lighthouse

9,423
Limitierung

9,422
Literaturan…

9,421
lizard

9,420
Lobbys

9,418
locked

9,417

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

Key facts for lizard
Property	Value
Headword	lizard
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[…]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#90,581
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lizard“ im Deutschen

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

#90,581

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Literaturangaben“ (#90,580), „Limitierung“ (#90,579), „Lobbys“ (#90,583). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lizard“ bei #90,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lizard is uncommon German at frequency #90,581 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lizard, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is lizard, spelled L-I-Z-A-R-D.

Definition

1
die Eidechse
2
Echse

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 "lizard"?

"lizard" is spelled L-I-Z-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "lizard" mean?

As a noun, "lizard" means: die Eidechse

How do you pronounce "lizard"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lizard" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lobbys#90,583 locked#90,584 Kremls#90,530 klaust#90,510