langte
[ˈlaŋtə]
The verdict
“langte” is uncommon German (frequency #83,014 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,014
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs langen
Corpus desk
Index DE-langte · langte · German
langte · rank #83,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,014
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH lanes
Nearest frequency peer: lanes (-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 “langte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Landschafts…
Landschaftsschutz
16,990 corpus weight
- Landtagswah…
Landtagswahlkampf
16,989 corpus weight
- lanes
lanes
16,988 corpus weight
- langte
langte
16,987 corpus weight
- lastete
lastete
16,985 corpus weight
- lauerten
lauerten
16,984 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “langte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | langte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlaŋtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “langte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
langte is uncommon German at frequency #83,014 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈlaŋtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for langte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 langte, spelled L-A-N-G-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs langen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs langen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs langen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs langen
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.