Laos
[ˈlaːɔs]
The verdict
“Laos” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,643) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #32,643
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staat in Südostasien
Corpus desk
Index DE-laos · Laos · German
Laos · rank #32,643 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,643
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Landwirten
Nearest frequency peer: Landwirten (-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 neighbours of confusable “Laos”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- landschaftl…
landschaftlich
67,361 corpus weight
- Landsleuten
Landsleuten
67,360 corpus weight
- Landwirten
Landwirten
67,359 corpus weight
- Laos
Laos
67,358 corpus weight
- lastet
lastet
67,357 corpus weight
- latent
latent
67,356 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Laos” against nearest ranked German headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | Laos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaːɔs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Laos” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Laos is neighbouring look-alikes ("lo", "Los", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈlaːɔs]. Frequency #32,643 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Gloss: "Staat in Südostasien".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Laos, with forms such as "laoss", "llaos", and "loas". 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, "lo", "Los", "las", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Laos, spelled L-A-O-S.
Definition
- 1Staat in Südostasien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Laos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Laos bildet einen schmalen Streifen zwischen Vietnam und Thailand.
Vientiane ist die Hauptstadt von Laos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- laoss
- llaos
- loas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Laos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Laos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).