Lämpchen
[ˈlɛmpçən]
The verdict
“Lämpchen” is uncommon German (frequency #58,065 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,065
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleine Lampe
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lämpchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛmpçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lämpchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lämpchen is uncommon German at frequency #58,065 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛmpçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine Lampe".
Lämpchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Lämpchen, spelled L-Ä-M-P-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleine Lampe
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 “Lämpchen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-Ä-M-P-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.