Langenfeld
The verdict
“Langenfeld” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #33,694 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #33,694
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Langenfeld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaŋənˌfɛlt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #33,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Langenfeld” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Langenfeld is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlaŋənˌfɛlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,694 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Langenfeld, with forms such as "alngenfeld", "lagnenfeld", and "lanegnfeld". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Langenfeld, spelled L-A-N-G-E-N-F-E-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alngenfeld,lagnenfeld,lanegnfeld,langefneld,langenefld,langenfedl,langenfeldd,langenfelld,langenffeld,langenfled,langennfeld,langgenfeld,langnefeld,lanngenfeld,llangenfeld,lnagenfeld
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Langenfeld — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Langenfeld"
Frequency rank: #33,694 in German
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Using “Langenfeld”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-N-G-E-N-F-E-L-D — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlaŋənˌfɛlt] (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
Nearby German words
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