Laach
[laːx]
The verdict
“Laach” is uncommon German (frequency #86,733 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,733
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Ortsteil der Stadt Grevenbroich in Nordrhein-Westfalen, ehemalige Gemeinde innerhalb der Bürgermeisterei Elsen bis zur Eingemeindung nach 1930
Corpus desk
Index DE-laach · Laach · German
Laach · rank #86,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,733
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Künstlerkolon…
Nearest frequency peer: Künstlerkolonie (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Laach”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kurorte
Kurorte
13,276 corpus weight
- körnig
körnig
13,271 corpus weight
- Küchenmasch…
Küchenmaschine
13,270 corpus weight
- Künstlerkol…
Künstlerkolonie
13,269 corpus weight
- Laach
Laach
13,268 corpus weight
- Lebensmitte…
Lebensmittelpreise
13,260 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Laach” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [laːx] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Laach” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Laach is uncommon German at frequency #86,733 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [laːx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Ortsteil der Stadt Grevenbroich in Nordrhein-Westfalen, ehemalige Gemeinde innerhalb der Bürgermeisterei Elsen bis zur Eingemeindung nach 1930".
Laach doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Laach, spelled L-A-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1ein Ortsteil der Stadt Grevenbroich in Nordrhein-Westfalen, ehemalige Gemeinde innerhalb der Bürgermeisterei Elsen bis zur Eingemeindung nach 1930
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.