lago
[ˈlaɡɔ]
The verdict
“lago” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,165
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein stehendes Gewässer, das von Land umgeben ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-lago · lago · German
lago · rank #30,165 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,165
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lagerhaus
Nearest frequency peer: Lagerhaus (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lago”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Labors
Labors
69,839 corpus weight
- Ladens
Ladens
69,838 corpus weight
- Lagerhaus
Lagerhaus
69,837 corpus weight
- lago
lago
69,836 corpus weight
- Landtagsfra…
Landtagsfraktion
69,833 corpus weight
- landwirtsch…
landwirtschaftlich
69,832 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lago” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lago |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaɡɔ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #30,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “lago” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around lago (IPA [ˈlaɡɔ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,165 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lago, with forms such as "algo", "laggo", and "laog". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LG", "lo", "las", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 lago, spelled L-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1ein stehendes Gewässer, das von Land umgeben ist
- 2eine Ansammlung von Flüssigkeiten – meist Wasser – an der Erdoberfläche
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lago appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Il Großer Wannsee (Grande Wannsee), il quarto lago di Berlino per superficie, è un'ampia insenatura del fiume Havel, alla cui sinistra orografica si estende verso sud-est tra i quartieri di Nikolassee e di Wannsee nel distretto di Steglitz-Zehlendorf.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- algo
- laggo
- laog
- lgao
- llago
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lago - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lago", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "lago" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "LG". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #30,165 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.