landläufig

[ˈlantˌlɔɪ̯fɪç]

/[ˈlantˌlɔɪ̯fɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“landläufig” is uncommon German (frequency #66,427 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,427
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weit verbreitet, üblich

Corpus desk

Index DE-landlaufig · landläufig · German

landläufig · rank #66,427 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,427
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Landfriedensb…

Nearest frequency peer: Landfriedensbruch (-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 „landläufig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for landläufig
PropertyValue
Headwordlandläufig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈlantˌlɔɪ̯fɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,427
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „landläufig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.landläufigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Landfriedensbruch“ (#66,425), „Ladenlokal“ (#66,424), „Lauben“ (#66,430). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „landläufig“ bei #66,427. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

landläufig is uncommon German at frequency #66,427 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlantˌlɔɪ̯fɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weit verbreitet, üblich".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for landläufig, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is landläufig, spelled L-A-N-D-L-Ä-U-F-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    weit verbreitet, üblich

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die landläufige Vorstellung von Leben, die gewissermaßen saisonal eingeteilt war in Zeiten des Heranwachsens, des Blühens und Verblühens, ist von der modernen Altersforschung widerlegt.“
  2. „Wir haben seit dem 11. September weitaus mehr Mitglieder der al-Qaida gefangen genommen, als man landläufig annimmt.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "landläufig"?
"landläufig" is spelled L-A-N-D-L-Ä-U-F-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlantˌlɔɪ̯fɪç].
What does "landläufig" mean?
As an adjective, "landläufig" means: weit verbreitet, üblich
How do you pronounce "landläufig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "landläufig" is [ˈlantˌlɔɪ̯fɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "landläufig" come from?
"landläufig" 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 "landläufig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list