Lähmung
[ˈlɛːmʊŋ]
The verdict
“Lähmung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,791
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anteiliger oder kompletter Funktionsverlust eines Körperteils oder Organsystems
Corpus desk
Index DE-lahmung · Lähmung · German
Lähmung · rank #34,791 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,791
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lorch
Nearest frequency peer: Lorch (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Lähmung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Limousinen
Limousinen
65,214 corpus weight
- lind
lind
65,213 corpus weight
- Lorch
Lorch
65,211 corpus weight
- Lähmung
Lähmung
65,210 corpus weight
- magischer
magischer
65,208 corpus weight
- Mainboard
Mainboard
65,207 corpus weight
What this shows „Lähmung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Lähmung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛːmʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Lähmung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Lähmung (IPA [ˈlɛːmʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,791 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lähmung, with forms such as "lhämung", "llähmung", and "lähhmung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Landung", "Ladung", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Lähmung, spelled L-Ä-H-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1anteiliger oder kompletter Funktionsverlust eines Körperteils oder Organsystems
- 2verringerte Funktion der Nerven, mit Ausfällen des Empfindens und der Bewegungsfähigkeit
- 3Zustand, in dem sich in einem System nichts verändert, es nicht mehr funktioniert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lähmung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Tetanusinfektion kann zu Lähmungen führen.
„Der Schmerz wächst, ich bekomme heftiges Fieber bis zum Schüttelfrost, eine Lähmung tritt hinzu, die die linke Körperseite erfaßt; ich kann meinen Arm nicht mehr bewegen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lhämung
- llähmung
- lähhmung
- lähmmung
- lähmnug
- lähmugn
- lähmungg
- lähmunng
- lähumng
- lämhung
- älhmung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lähmung - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lähmung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).