Lädchen

[ˈlɛːtçən]

/[ˈlɛːtçən]/ noun

The verdict

“Lädchen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,344 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,344
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Lade

Corpus desk

Index DE-ladchen · Lädchen · German

Lädchen · rank #97,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,344
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH lustvollen

Nearest frequency peer: lustvollen (-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 „Lädchen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lädchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lädchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordLädchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlɛːtçən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,344
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lädchen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Lädchenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „lustvollen“ (#97,343), „Ländchen“ (#97,345), „lungern“ (#97,342). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lädchen“ bei #97,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lädchen is uncommon German at frequency #97,344 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛːtçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Lädchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lädchen, spelled L-Ä-D-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleine Lade
  2. 2
    kleiner Laden

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lädchen"?
"Lädchen" is spelled L-Ä-D-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlɛːtçən].
What does "Lädchen" mean?
As a noun, "Lädchen" means: kleine Lade
How do you pronounce "Lädchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lädchen" is [ˈlɛːtçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lädchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lädchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list