landslide
[ˈlændslaɪd]
The verdict
“landslide” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erdrutsch, Lawine
Corpus desk
Index DE-landslide · landslide · German
landslide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | landslide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlændslaɪd] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „landslide“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
landslide is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlændslaɪd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for landslide, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is landslide, spelled L-A-N-D-S-L-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Erdrutsch, Lawine
- 2die Masse, die in einem Erdrutsch abgeht
- 3deutliche Mehrheit in einem Wahlgang
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how landslide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"The Tibet regional propaganda office said in a statement on Wednesday that weather conditions were behind the landslide."
Synonyms
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.