Landweg
[ˈlantˌveːk]
The verdict
“Landweg” is uncommon German (frequency #53,854 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,854
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Strecke, die auf festem Boden, an Land, verläuft
Corpus desk
Index DE-landweg · Landweg · German
Landweg · rank #53,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,854
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lampertheim
Nearest frequency peer: Lampertheim (-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 „Landweg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lahnstein
Lahnstein
46,150 corpus weight
- Lampertheim
Lampertheim
46,148 corpus weight
- Landweg
Landweg
46,147 corpus weight
- Langensalza
Langensalza
46,146 corpus weight
- Lastkraftwa…
Lastkraftwagen
46,145 corpus weight
- Lawinen
Lawinen
46,144 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Landweg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Landweg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlantˌveːk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Landweg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Landweg is uncommon German at frequency #53,854 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlantˌveːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Strecke, die auf festem Boden, an Land, verläuft".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Landweg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Landweg, spelled L-A-N-D-W-E-G.
Definition
- 1Strecke, die auf festem Boden, an Land, verläuft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Landweg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aufsteigende Aale überwinden große Hindernisse und können über feuchte Wiesen schlängelnd selbst kurze Landwege passieren; sogar der Rheinfall bei Schaffhausen kann über die steilen, nassen, seitlichen Felsen kriechend überwunden werden; Stauwehre werden über besonders angelegte Fischtreppen, Aalrinnen, oder über schwach durchströmte, mit Reisig gefüllte…
„Dass die Europäer sich überhaupt auf den Weg gemacht hatten, Asien mit ihren Schiffen zu erreichen, lag nicht zuletzt daran, dass Landwege wie die legendäre Seidenstraße blockiert waren.“
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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