Lacrosse
[laˈkʁɔs]
The verdict
“Lacrosse” is uncommon German (frequency #73,724 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,724
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mannschaftssportart, bei der ein kleiner Ball mit einem Schläger (mit einem Netz am Ende) ins gegnerische Tor geschleudert werden soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-lacrosse · Lacrosse · German
Lacrosse · rank #73,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,724
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH kühlem
Nearest frequency peer: kühlem (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Lacrosse“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kuppen
Kuppen
26,282 corpus weight
- Königsdiszi…
Königsdisziplin
26,280 corpus weight
- Körperwärme
Körperwärme
26,279 corpus weight
- kühlem
kühlem
26,278 corpus weight
- Lacrosse
Lacrosse
26,277 corpus weight
- Landschafts…
Landschaftsgärtner
26,275 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lacrosse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lacrosse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laˈkʁɔs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lacrosse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lacrosse is uncommon German at frequency #73,724 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [laˈkʁɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mannschaftssportart, bei der ein kleiner Ball mit einem Schläger (mit einem Netz am Ende) ins gegnerische Tor geschleudert werden soll".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lacrosse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Lacrosse, spelled L-A-C-R-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Mannschaftssportart, bei der ein kleiner Ball mit einem Schläger (mit einem Netz am Ende) ins gegnerische Tor geschleudert werden soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lacrosse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es gibt nur ein einziges Spiel auf der Welt, das ein Land in einem feierlichen Parlamentsakt zum Nationalsport erhob. Das Spiel heißt Lacrosse, und das Land, in dem dies geschah, ist Kanada.“
This word in other languages
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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