Landgraben
[ˈlantˌɡʁaːbn̩]
The verdict
“Landgraben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein kleines, oft fließendes, Gewässer, oft in der Umgebung von Städten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Landgraben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlantˌɡʁaːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Landgraben” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Landgraben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlantˌɡʁaːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Landgraben has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Landgraben, spelled L-A-N-D-G-R-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein kleines, oft fließendes, Gewässer, oft in der Umgebung von Städten
- 2eine leichte Grenzbefestigung
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Landgraben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-N-D-G-R-A-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlantˌɡʁaːbn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.