lapsus
The verdict
“lapsus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allmähliche Bewegung, das Gleiten, das Fallen, das Fließen
Corpus desk
Index DE-lapsus · lapsus · German
lapsus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | lapsus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lapsus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lapsus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lapsus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is lapsus, spelled L-A-P-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1allmähliche Bewegung, das Gleiten, das Fallen, das Fließen
- 2Fall, Sturz, Einsturz
- 3Fehltritt, Verstoß, Versehen, Fehler
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lapsus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Quo Castalia per struices saxeas lapsu accidit“ (Liv. Andr. trag. 37)
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.