Labor

/[laˈboːɐ̯]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,977

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Labor is aGermannoun. It means: Räumlichkeit oder Einrichtung, in der wissenschaftliche, technische und medizinische Untersuchungen, Analysen und Versuche durchgeführt werden Pronounced [laˈboːɐ̯]. It ranks #5,977 in German word frequency. Often confused with Lahr and lobo.

Key facts for Labor
PropertyValue
HeadwordLabor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[laˈboːɐ̯]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,977
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Labor in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Labor is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈboːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,977 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Räumlichkeit oder Einrichtung, in der wissenschaftliche, technische und medizinische Untersuchungen, Analysen und Versuche durchgeführt werden".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Labor, with forms such as "albor", "labbor", and "laborr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lahr", "lobo", "lago", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Labor, spelled L-A-B-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Räumlichkeit oder Einrichtung, in der wissenschaftliche, technische und medizinische Untersuchungen, Analysen und Versuche durchgeführt werden

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: albor,labbor,laborr,labro,laobr,lbaor,llabor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Labor

Misspelling Variants of "Labor"

albor5labbor6laborr6labro5laobr5lbaor5llabor6
Misspelling Variants of "Labor"

Frequency rank: #5,977 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Labor"?
"Labor" is spelled L-A-B-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈboːɐ̯].
What does "Labor" mean?
As a noun, "Labor" means: Räumlichkeit oder Einrichtung, in der wissenschaftliche, technische und medizinische Untersuchungen, Analysen und Versuche durchgeführt werden
What words are commonly confused with "Labor"?
"Labor" is commonly confused with "Lahr", "lobo", "lago". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Labor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Labor" is [laˈboːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Labor" come from?
"Labor" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.