Lagerfeuer
[ˈlaːɡɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Lagerfeuer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,970
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - offenes Feuer, das im Freien entfacht und abgebrannt wird, oft an dem Platz, an dem man sich niedergelassen hat und lagert
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lagerfeuer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaːɡɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #17,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lagerfeuer” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Lagerfeuer (IPA [ˈlaːɡɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,970 among 30,953 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "offenes Feuer, das im Freien entfacht und abgebrannt wird, oft an dem Platz, an dem man sich niedergelassen hat und lagert".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lagerfeuer, with forms such as "algerfeuer", "laegrfeuer", and "lagefreuer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Lagerfeuer, spelled L-A-G-E-R-F-E-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1offenes Feuer, das im Freien entfacht und abgebrannt wird, oft an dem Platz, an dem man sich niedergelassen hat und lagert
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- algerfeuer
- laegrfeuer
- lagefreuer
- lagerefuer
- lagerfeeur
- lagerfeuerr
- lagerfeure
- lagerffeuer
- lagerfueer
- lagerrfeuer
- laggerfeuer
- lagrefeuer
- lgaerfeuer
- llagerfeuer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lagerfeuer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Lagerfeuer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-G-E-R-F-E-U-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlaːɡɐˌfɔɪ̯ɐ] (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.