Längsrichtung
[ˈlɛŋsˌʁɪçtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Längsrichtung” is uncommon German (frequency #63,540 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,540
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Richtung entlang der Längsachse
Corpus desk
Index DE-langsrichtung · Längsrichtung · German
Längsrichtung · rank #63,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,540
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lämmchen
Nearest frequency peer: Lämmchen (-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 „Längsrichtung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ludendorff
Ludendorff
36,465 corpus weight
- Lämmchen
Lämmchen
36,462 corpus weight
- Längsrichtu…
Längsrichtung
36,461 corpus weight
- machbaren
machbaren
36,459 corpus weight
- magnolia
magnolia
36,457 corpus weight
- Mahr
Mahr
36,456 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Längsrichtung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Längsrichtung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛŋsˌʁɪçtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #63,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Längsrichtung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Längsrichtung is uncommon German at frequency #63,540 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛŋsˌʁɪçtʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Richtung entlang der Längsachse".
Längsrichtung has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Längsrichtung, spelled L-Ä-N-G-S-R-I-C-H-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Richtung entlang der Längsachse
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Längsrichtung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie begann in Längsrichtung zu schaukeln.“
Antonyms
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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