Ländchen
[ˈlɛntçən]
The verdict
“Ländchen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,345 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,345
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleines Land im Sinne von Staat oder Bundesland
| 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) |
Where “Ländchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ländchen is uncommon German at frequency #97,345 among 30,953 “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
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 “Ländchen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-Ä-N-D-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.