Laminat
[lamiˈnaːt]
The verdict
“Laminat” is uncommon German (frequency #61,694 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,694
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Werkstoff oder ein Produkt, das aus zwei oder mehreren flächig miteinander verklebten Schichten besteht.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laminat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lamiˈnaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Laminat” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Laminat is uncommon German at frequency #61,694 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lamiˈnaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Werkstoff oder ein Produkt, das aus zwei oder mehreren flächig miteinander verklebten Schichten besteht.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Laminat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Laminat, spelled L-A-M-I-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Werkstoff oder ein Produkt, das aus zwei oder mehreren flächig miteinander verklebten Schichten besteht.
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 “Laminat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-M-I-N-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lamiˈnaːt] (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.