Lachgas
[ˈlaxˌɡaːs]
The verdict
“Lachgas” is uncommon German (frequency #64,462 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,462
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - farbloses Gas aus der Gruppe der Stickoxide, das auch als Betäubungsmittel eingesetzt wurde
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lachgas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaxˌɡaːs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lachgas” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lachgas is uncommon German at frequency #64,462 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaxˌɡaːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farbloses Gas aus der Gruppe der Stickoxide, das auch als Betäubungsmittel eingesetzt wurde".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lachgas, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lachgas, spelled L-A-C-H-G-A-S.
Definition
- 1farbloses Gas aus der Gruppe der Stickoxide, das auch als Betäubungsmittel eingesetzt wurde
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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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Using “Lachgas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-C-H-G-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlaxˌɡaːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.