lang
[laŋ]
The verdict
“lang” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #403
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - große Ausmaße, große räumliche Ausmaße habend; über große Ausmaße, große Ausdehnung verfügend
Corpus desk
Index DE-lang · lang · German
lang · rank #403 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #403
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH essen
Nearest frequency peer: essen (-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 “lang”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- überhaupt
überhaupt
99,601 corpus weight
- anders
anders
99,600 corpus weight
- essen
essen
99,599 corpus weight
- lang
lang
99,598 corpus weight
- USA
USA
99,597 corpus weight
- Abend
Abend
99,596 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lang” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [laŋ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lang” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around lang (IPA [laŋ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #403 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for lang, with forms such as "alng", "lagn", and "langg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LG", "ln", "las", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is lang, spelled L-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1große Ausmaße, große räumliche Ausmaße habend; über große Ausmaße, große Ausdehnung verfügend
- 2große zeitliche Ausdehnung habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Fastnachtszug war dieses Jahr besonders lang.
Sie hat sich ihre Haare wieder lang wachsen lassen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alng
- lagn
- langg
- lanng
- llang
- lnag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lang - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lang", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.