LaTeX
[ˈlaːtɛç]
The verdict
“LaTeX” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,862
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Softwarepaket (eine Sammlung von Makros) für das Textsatzsystem TeX
Corpus desk
Index DE-latex · LaTeX · German
LaTeX · rank #14,862 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,862
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Larven
Nearest frequency peer: Larven (-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 „LaTeX“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Landtags
Landtags
85,142 corpus weight
- language
language
85,141 corpus weight
- Larven
Larven
85,140 corpus weight
- LaTeX
LaTeX
85,139 corpus weight
- lebendigen
lebendigen
85,138 corpus weight
- Lehrerinnen
Lehrerinnen
85,137 corpus weight
What this shows „LaTeX“ 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 | LaTeX |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaːtɛç] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „LaTeX“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around LaTeX (IPA [ˈlaːtɛç]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,862 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for LaTeX, with forms such as "altex", "laetx", and "latexx". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LTE", "lex", "lax", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is LaTeX, spelled L-A-T-E-X.
Definition
- 1Softwarepaket (eine Sammlung von Makros) für das Textsatzsystem TeX
- 2Auszeichnungssprache für den Textsatz mit dem Softwarepaket LaTeX, Datenformat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LaTeX appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
LaTeX empfiehlt sich insbesondere zum Setzen von Texten mit vielen mathematischen Formeln.
Sie hat ihre Diplomarbeit in/mit LaTeX geschrieben.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- altex
- laetx
- latexx
- lattex
- latxe
- llatex
- ltaex
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of LaTeX - 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 "LaTeX", 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).