Landesarchiv
[ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf]
The verdict
“Landesarchiv” is uncommon German (frequency #57,185 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,185
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Institution eines Bundeslandes zur Aufbewahrung landesgeschichtlicher und behördlicher Dokumente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Landesarchiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Landesarchiv” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Landesarchiv is uncommon German at frequency #57,185 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Institution eines Bundeslandes zur Aufbewahrung landesgeschichtlicher und behördlicher Dokumente".
Landesarchiv has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Landesarchiv, spelled L-A-N-D-E-S-A-R-C-H-I-V.
Definition
- 1Institution eines Bundeslandes zur Aufbewahrung landesgeschichtlicher und behördlicher Dokumente
Synonyms
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-N-D-E-S-A-R-C-H-I-V - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.