lebend
\ˈleːbn̩t\
The verdict
“lebend” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vivant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lebend · lebend · French
lebend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | lebend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈleːbn̩t\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lebend » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lebend is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈleːbn̩t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vivant.".
lebend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lebend, spelled L-E-B-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Vivant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lebend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alexander von Humboldt war in ganz Europa berühmt wegen einer Expedition in die Tropen, die er fünfundzwanzig Jahre zuvor unternommen hatte. Er (...) hatte den natürlichen Kanal zwischen Orinoko und Amazonas entdeckt, den höchsten Berg der bekannten Welt bestiegen, Tausende Pflanzen und Hunderte Tiere, manche lebend, die meisten tot, gesammelt (...)
Niemand lasse sich vom Wort ›Nationalpark‹ täuschen: Auf den circa zwölf Quadratkilometern des Geländes wird man so gut wie nie einem lebenden Tier begegnen, abgesehen von ein paar Kamelen, die beim Fremdenverkehrsgewerbe eingesetzt werden.
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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.