Laser
[ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ]
The verdict
“Laser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,743. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,743
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quelle für intensives, gerichtetes und kohärentes Licht nur eines kleinen Wellenlängenbereichs (monochromatisch)
Corpus desk
Index DE-laser · Laser · German
Laser · rank #8,743 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,743
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH kurzes
Nearest frequency peer: kurzes (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Laser“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kostüm
Kostüm
91,261 corpus weight
- Krim
Krim
91,260 corpus weight
- kurzes
kurzes
91,259 corpus weight
- Laser
Laser
91,258 corpus weight
- Lasten
Lasten
91,257 corpus weight
- Lebensmitte…
Lebensmitteln
91,256 corpus weight
What this shows „Laser“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Laser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Laser“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Laser (IPA [ˈlɛɪ̯zɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,743 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Laser, with forms such as "alser", "laesr", and "laserr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lass", "leer", "Last", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Laser, spelled L-A-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Quelle für intensives, gerichtetes und kohärentes Licht nur eines kleinen Wellenlängenbereichs (monochromatisch)
- 2Laserstrahl, den Lichtstrahl ausgesandt von [1]
- 3nach [1] benannte Bootsklasse (Segelboot)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Laser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
CDs werden mit einem Laser abgetastet.
Greif bloß nicht in den Laser!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alser
- laesr
- laserr
- lasre
- lasser
- llaser
- lsaer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Laser - 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 "Laser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).