Länderfinanzausgleich
[ˈlɛndɐfiˌnant͡sʔaʊ̯sɡlaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“Länderfinanzausgleich” is uncommon German (frequency #53,056 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,056
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maßnahme, bei der finanzschwache Bundesländer finanziell unterstützt werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Länderfinanzausgleich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛndɐfiˌnant͡sʔaʊ̯sɡlaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Frequency rank | #53,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Länderfinanzausgleich” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Länderfinanzausgleich is uncommon German at frequency #53,056 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛndɐfiˌnant͡sʔaʊ̯sɡlaɪ̯ç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maßnahme, bei der finanzschwache Bundesländer finanziell unterstützt werden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Länderfinanzausgleich, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Länderfinanzausgleich, spelled L-Ä-N-D-E-R-F-I-N-A-N-Z-A-U-S-G-L-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Maßnahme, bei der finanzschwache Bundesländer finanziell unterstützt werden
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 “Länderfinanzausgleich”
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- The one correct German spelling is L-Ä-N-D-E-R-F-I-N-A-N-Z-A-U-S-G-L-E-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.