lale
[lɑːlɛ]
The verdict
“lale” is uncommon German (frequency #89,200 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,200
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tulpe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɑːlɛ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lale” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lale is uncommon German at frequency #89,200 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɑːlɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tulpe".
No misspelling variants are generated for lale in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lale, spelled L-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Tulpe
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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Using “lale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lɑːlɛ] (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.