Laser

/[ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,743

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Laser is aGermannoun. It means: Quelle für intensives, gerichtetes und kohärentes Licht nur eines kleinen Wellenlängenbereichs (monochromatisch) Pronounced [ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ]. It ranks #8,743 in German word frequency. Often confused with lass and leer.

Key facts for Laser
PropertyValue
HeadwordLaser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,743
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Laser in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Laser is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,743 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Laser, with forms such as "alser", "laesr", and "laserr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lass", "leer", "Last", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Laser, spelled L-A-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quelle für intensives, gerichtetes und kohärentes Licht nur eines kleinen Wellenlängenbereichs (monochromatisch)
  2. 2
    Laserstrahl, den Lichtstrahl ausgesandt von [1]
  3. 3
    nach [1] benannte Bootsklasse (Segelboot)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alser,laesr,laserr,lasre,lasser,llaser,lsaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Laser

Misspelling Variants of "Laser"

alser5laesr5laserr6lasre5lasser6llaser6lsaer5
Misspelling Variants of "Laser"

Frequency rank: #8,743 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Laser"?
"Laser" is spelled L-A-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ].
What does "Laser" mean?
As a noun, "Laser" means: Quelle für intensives, gerichtetes und kohärentes Licht nur eines kleinen Wellenlängenbereichs (monochromatisch)
What words are commonly confused with "Laser"?
"Laser" is commonly confused with "lass", "leer", "Last". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Laser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Laser" is [ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Laser" come from?
"Laser" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.