Ländchen
[ˈlɛntçən]
The verdict
“Ländchen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,345 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,345
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Land im Sinne von Staat oder Bundesland
Corpus desk
Index DE-landchen · Ländchen · German
Ländchen · rank #97,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,345
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lädchen
Nearest frequency peer: Lädchen (-1 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 „Ländchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- lungern
lungern
2,659 corpus weight
- lustvollen
lustvollen
2,658 corpus weight
- Lädchen
Lädchen
2,657 corpus weight
- Ländchen
Ländchen
2,656 corpus weight
- Lärmpegel
Lärmpegel
2,655 corpus weight
- Lügde
Lügde
2,654 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ländchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ländchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛntçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ländchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ländchen is uncommon German at frequency #97,345 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛntçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines Land im Sinne von Staat oder Bundesland".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ländchen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ländchen, spelled L-Ä-N-D-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleines Land im Sinne von Staat oder Bundesland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ländchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Vatikan ist ein Ländchen.
„Er sprach von Luxemburg wie von einem verlorenen Paradies, während es doch bekanntlich ein winziges, mittelprächtiges Ländchen ist, ohne genauere Eigenschaften – nicht mal ein Land eigentlich, eher eine Ansammlung von Phantombüros, von Briefkastenfirmen auf Steuerflucht, in Parks verstreut.“
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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