Lanthan
[lanˈtaːn]
The verdict
“Lanthan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 57, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-lanthan · Lanthan · German
Lanthan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lanthan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lanˈtaːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lanthan” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lanthan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lanˈtaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 57, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört".
No misspelling variants are generated for Lanthan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Lanthan, spelled L-A-N-T-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 57, das zur Serie der Übergangsmetalle gehört
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