Lappalie
[laˈpaːli̯ə]
The verdict
“Lappalie” is uncommon German (frequency #90,558 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,558
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Kleinigkeit, eine Nichtigkeit, eine höchst unbedeutende Sache
Corpus desk
Index DE-lappalie · Lappalie · German
Lappalie · rank #90,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,558
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Laserstrahlen
Nearest frequency peer: Laserstrahlen (+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 „Lappalie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Landrates
Landrates
9,446 corpus weight
- Landstuhl
Landstuhl
9,445 corpus weight
- Lappalie
Lappalie
9,443 corpus weight
- Laserstrahl…
Laserstrahlen
9,442 corpus weight
- Latzhose
Latzhose
9,441 corpus weight
- Lebensmonat
Lebensmonat
9,438 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lappalie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lappalie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laˈpaːli̯ə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lappalie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lappalie is uncommon German at frequency #90,558 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [laˈpaːli̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Kleinigkeit, eine Nichtigkeit, eine höchst unbedeutende Sache".
No misspelling variants are generated for Lappalie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Lappalie, spelled L-A-P-P-A-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1eine Kleinigkeit, eine Nichtigkeit, eine höchst unbedeutende Sache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lappalie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich beschäftige mich nicht mit einer solchen Lappalie.
„Ich sah den vier Jungs deutlich an, dass sie keine große Lust verspürten, ihr Kartenspiel wegen so einer Lappalie zu unterbrechen.“
This word in other languages
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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