Lais
[lɛːs]
The verdict
“Lais” is uncommon German (frequency #79,426 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,426
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Lai
Corpus desk
Index DE-lais · Lais · German
Lais · rank #79,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,426
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH labilen
Nearest frequency peer: labilen (-2 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 “Lais”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Küchengeräte
Küchengeräte
20,581 corpus weight
- Kürbissuppe
Kürbissuppe
20,578 corpus weight
- labilen
labilen
20,577 corpus weight
- Lais
Lais
20,575 corpus weight
- Landsfrau
Landsfrau
20,572 corpus weight
- lauteste
lauteste
20,570 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lais” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lais |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɛːs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lais” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lais is uncommon German at frequency #79,426 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɛːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lais, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Lais, spelled L-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Lai
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lai
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Lai
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Lai
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Lai
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lais", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.