landen

/[ˈlandn̩]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,755

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

landen is aGermanverb. It means: mit einem Wasserfahrzeug ans Land gelangen Pronounced [ˈlandn̩]. It ranks #3,755 in German word frequency. Often confused with lane and Länge.

Key facts for landen
PropertyValue
Headwordlanden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈlandn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,755
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of landen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for landen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlandn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,755 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for landen, with forms such as "alnden", "ladnen", and "landden". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lane", "Länge", "Linde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is landen, spelled L-A-N-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einem Wasserfahrzeug ans Land gelangen
  2. 2
    aus der Luft wieder auf die Erde gelangen (meist mit einem Flugzeug)
  3. 3
    Menschen oder Material an Land bringen
  4. 4
    an einen (nicht gewünschten oder unerwarteten) Ort gelangen
  5. 5
    etwas zu Wege bringen, etwas schaffen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alnden,ladnen,landden,landenn,landne,lanedn,lannden,llanden,lnaden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for landen

Misspelling Variants of "landen"

alnden6ladnen6landden7landenn7landne6lanedn6lannden7llanden7
Misspelling Variants of "landen"

Frequency rank: #3,755 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "landen"?
"landen" is spelled L-A-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlandn̩].
What does "landen" mean?
As a verb, "landen" means: mit einem Wasserfahrzeug ans Land gelangen
What words are commonly confused with "landen"?
"landen" is commonly confused with "lane", "Länge", "Linde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "landen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "landen" is [ˈlandn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "landen" come from?
"landen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.