Landesverrat

[ˈlandəsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt]

/[ˈlandəsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Landesverrat” is uncommon German (frequency #54,688 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,688
frequency rank, German
30,953
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verbrechen, das sich gegen den Bestand des Staates richtet

Corpus desk

Index DE-landesverrat · Landesverrat · German

Landesverrat · rank #54,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,688
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 30,953
  • PHOTO-FINISH Landesteile

Nearest frequency peer: Landesteile (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Landesverrat”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Landesverrat” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Landesverrat
PropertyValue
HeadwordLandesverrat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlandəsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#54,688
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Landesverrat” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Landesverrat lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Landesverrat is uncommon German at frequency #54,688 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlandəsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verbrechen, das sich gegen den Bestand des Staates richtet".

Landesverrat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Landesverrat, spelled L-A-N-D-E-S-V-E-R-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verbrechen, das sich gegen den Bestand des Staates richtet

This word in other languages

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Landesverrat"?
"Landesverrat" is spelled L-A-N-D-E-S-V-E-R-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlandəsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt].
What does "Landesverrat" mean?
As a noun, "Landesverrat" means: Verbrechen, das sich gegen den Bestand des Staates richtet
How do you pronounce "Landesverrat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Landesverrat" is [ˈlandəsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Landesverrat" come from?
"Landesverrat" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list