Landesbischof

[ˈlandəsˌbɪʃɔf]

/[ˈlandəsˌbɪʃɔf]/ noun

The verdict

“Landesbischof” is uncommon German (frequency #60,780 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,780
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oberster Leiter einer evangelischen Landeskirche

Corpus desk

Index DE-landesbischof · Landesbischof · German

Landesbischof · rank #60,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,780
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH landeinwärts

Nearest frequency peer: landeinwärts (-1 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 „Landesbischof“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Landesbischof
PropertyValue
HeadwordLandesbischof
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlandəsˌbɪʃɔf]
Letters13
Frequency rank#60,780
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Landesbischof“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Landesbischoffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „landeinwärts“ (#60,779), „Lammers“ (#60,778), „Lakritz“ (#60,777). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Landesbischof“ bei #60,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Landesbischof is uncommon German at frequency #60,780 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlandəsˌbɪʃɔf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oberster Leiter einer evangelischen Landeskirche".

Landesbischof has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Landesbischof, spelled L-A-N-D-E-S-B-I-S-C-H-O-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    oberster Leiter einer evangelischen Landeskirche

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der Streit zwischen den Pro-Palästina-Demonstranten und Gottesdienstbesuchern der evangelischen Martinskirche ist laut Landesbischof Ernst-Wilhelm Gohl nach einer Predigt des Pfarrers im Oktober 2023 entbrannt.“

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 "Landesbischof"?
"Landesbischof" is spelled L-A-N-D-E-S-B-I-S-C-H-O-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlandəsˌbɪʃɔf].
What does "Landesbischof" mean?
As a noun, "Landesbischof" means: oberster Leiter einer evangelischen Landeskirche
How do you pronounce "Landesbischof"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Landesbischof" is [ˈlandəsˌbɪʃɔf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Landesbischof" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list