lässlich
[ˈlɛslɪç]
The verdict
“lässlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leicht zu verzeihen
Corpus desk
Index DE-lasslich · lässlich · German
lässlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | lässlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlɛslɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lässlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lässlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlɛslɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lässlich, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lässlich, spelled L-Ä-S-S-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1leicht zu verzeihen
- 2wenig bedeutsam
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lässlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine lässliche Sünde erfordert nur eine geringe Buße.
Ihm ist nur ein lässliches Versehen unterlaufen.
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.