Landesarchiv

[ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf]

/[ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Landesarchiv” is uncommon German (frequency #57,185 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,185
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Institution eines Bundeslandes zur Aufbewahrung landesgeschichtlicher und behördlicher Dokumente

Corpus desk

Index DE-landesarchiv · Landesarchiv · German

Landesarchiv · rank #57,185 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,185
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Laib

Nearest frequency peer: Laib (-2 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 „Landesarchiv“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Landesarchiv“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Landesarchiv
PropertyValue
HeadwordLandesarchiv
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf]
Letters12
Frequency rank#57,185
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Landesarchiv“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Landesarchivfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Laib“ (#57,183), „Landwirtschaftsministerium“ (#57,187), „Küstenstadt“ (#57,182). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Landesarchiv“ bei #57,185. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Landesarchiv is uncommon German at frequency #57,185 among 2,640 “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

  1. 1
    Institution eines Bundeslandes zur Aufbewahrung landesgeschichtlicher und behördlicher Dokumente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Landesarchiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er wühlte sich durch das Landesarchiv in Speyer.“

Synonyms

Staatsarchiv

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Landesarchiv"?
"Landesarchiv" is spelled L-A-N-D-E-S-A-R-C-H-I-V. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf].
What does "Landesarchiv" mean?
As a noun, "Landesarchiv" means: Institution eines Bundeslandes zur Aufbewahrung landesgeschichtlicher und behördlicher Dokumente
How do you pronounce "Landesarchiv"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Landesarchiv" is [ˈlandəsʔaʁˌçiːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Landesarchiv" come from?
"Landesarchiv" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Landesarchiv", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Künstlername#57,181kindgerechte#57,149Kaliforniens#57,136Jugoslawiens#57,133

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list