Lärche

[ˈlɛʁçə]

/[ˈlɛʁçə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Lärche” is uncommon German (frequency #61,719 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,719
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gattung der Familie Kieferngewächse

Corpus desk

Index DE-larche · Lärche · German

Lärche · rank #61,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,719
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lunte

Nearest frequency peer: Lunte (-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 „Lärche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lärche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lärche
PropertyValue
HeadwordLärche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlɛʁçə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,719
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Lärche“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Lärchefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lunte“ (#61,718), „Machtstrukturen“ (#61,720), „lunar“ (#61,717). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lärche“ bei #61,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lärche is uncommon German at frequency #61,719 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛʁçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Lärche has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Lärche, spelled L-Ä-R-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gattung der Familie Kieferngewächse
  2. 2
    sehr großer sommergrüner Baum mit bis 2 m dicken Stämmen
  3. 3
    witterungsbeständiges Holz aus den Stämmen von [2] für den Außenbau, Schiffbau, als Konstruktionsholz, auch als Furnier

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Lärche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Gattung Lärchen umfasst 10 bis 20 Arten.
  2. Auf dieser imposanten Lärche saß ein Buchfink, der laut und durchdringend sein Lied sang.

This word in other languages

larch(English)alerce(Español)mélèze(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lärche"?
"Lärche" is spelled L-Ä-R-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlɛʁçə].
What does "Lärche" mean?
As a noun, "Lärche" means: Gattung der Familie Kieferngewächse
How do you pronounce "Lärche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lärche" is [ˈlɛʁçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lärche" come from?
"Lärche" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lärche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mappen#61,725Maries#61,727libera#61,704mordet#61,749

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list