Lakritze
[laˈkʁɪt͡sə]
The verdict
“Lakritze” is uncommon German (frequency #69,452 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,452
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrjährige, krautige Pflanze aus der Familie der Schmetterlingsblütler
Corpus desk
Index DE-lakritze · Lakritze · German
Lakritze · rank #69,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,452
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH künstlichem
Nearest frequency peer: künstlichem (-3 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Lakritze“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- künstlichem
künstlichem
30,552 corpus weight
- Lakritze
Lakritze
30,549 corpus weight
- langatmig
langatmig
30,546 corpus weight
- Langeoog
Langeoog
30,545 corpus weight
- langgestrec…
langgestreckte
30,544 corpus weight
- laure
laure
30,542 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lakritze“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lakritze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laˈkʁɪt͡sə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lakritze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lakritze is uncommon German at frequency #69,452 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [laˈkʁɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Lakritze has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Lakritze, spelled L-A-K-R-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1mehrjährige, krautige Pflanze aus der Familie der Schmetterlingsblütler
- 2schwarze, herb schmeckende Masse, die aus den Inhaltsstoffen der Wurzel von [1] hergestellt wird
- 3ein Stück von [2], eine Süßigkeit aus [2]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lakritze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lakritze wächst im Mittelmeerraum.
Ich esse gerne Lakritze.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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