Lafayette
[lafaˈjɛt]
The verdict
“Lafayette” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,955
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Louisiana
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lafayette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [lafaˈjɛt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lafayette” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Lafayette (IPA [lafaˈjɛt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,955 among 30,953 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lafayette, with forms such as "alfayette", "laafyette", and "lafaeytte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Lafayette, spelled L-A-F-A-Y-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Louisiana
- 2Ort im US-Bundesstaat Indiana
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alfayette
- laafyette
- lafaeytte
- lafayete
- lafayetet
- lafaytete
- lafayyette
- laffayette
- lafyaette
- lfaayette
- llafayette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lafayette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Lafayette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-F-A-Y-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lafaˈjɛt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.