lassie
[ˈlæsi]
The verdict
“lassie” is uncommon German (frequency #89,204 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,204
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Mädchen oder eine junge Frau, das Madel, das Madl, das Mädchen, das Mädel
Corpus desk
Index DE-lassie · lassie · German
lassie · rank #89,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,204
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lasziv
Nearest frequency peer: lasziv (+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 „lassie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- lale
lale
10,801 corpus weight
- Landesligis…
Landesligisten
10,800 corpus weight
- lassie
lassie
10,797 corpus weight
- lasziv
lasziv
10,796 corpus weight
- Laubblätter
Laubblätter
10,795 corpus weight
- lauder
lauder
10,794 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lassie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lassie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlæsi] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lassie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lassie is uncommon German at frequency #89,204 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlæsi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Mädchen oder eine junge Frau, das Madel, das Madl, das Mädchen, das Mädel".
No misspelling variants are generated for lassie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is lassie, spelled L-A-S-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1ein Mädchen oder eine junge Frau, das Madel, das Madl, das Mädchen, das Mädel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lassie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Maura is the nicest lassie in town.
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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