ladder

[lædə(r)]

/[lædə(r)]/ noun

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The verdict

“ladder” is uncommon German (frequency #67,430 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,430
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-ladder · ladder · German

ladder · rank #67,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,430
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH kürzlichen

Nearest frequency peer: kürzlichen (-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 „ladder“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ladder
PropertyValue
Headwordladder
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lædə(r)]
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ladder“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ladderfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kürzlichen“ (#67,429), „Lagerräume“ (#67,432), „Küchenfenster“ (#67,427). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „ladder“ bei #67,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ladder is uncommon German at frequency #67,430 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lædə(r)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leiter".

ladder doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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. The correct German form is ladder, spelled L-A-D-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Leiter

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ladder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I need a ladder to pick apples.

This word in other languages

échelle(Français)

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 "ladder"?
"ladder" is spelled L-A-D-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [lædə(r)].
What does "ladder" mean?
As a noun, "ladder" means: Leiter
How do you pronounce "ladder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ladder" is [lædə(r)]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ladder" come from?
"ladder" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lesend#67,451Liquor#67,461Klacks#67,387Magens#67,477

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list