Liebling
\ˈliːplɪŋ\
The verdict
“Liebling” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préféré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-liebling · Liebling · French
Liebling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Liebling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈliːplɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Liebling is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈliːplɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Liebling in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Liebling, spelled L-I-E-B-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Préféré.
- 2Chéri, bien-aimé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Liebling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die vier Kinder, welche der Frau gehörten, schienen alle im gleichen Alter zu stehen, ein seltsamer Umstand, der den Major überraschte. Die Alte hatte noch ein fünftes fast an ihrem Rocke hängen, das schwach, bleich und kränklich war und zweifelsohne der größten Sorgfalt bedurfte; demgemäß war es der Liebling, der Benjamin.
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.