Latz
[lat͡s]
The verdict
“Latz” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,454 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,454
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Brustteil eines Bekleidungsstückes, oft zwei Träger und ein verbindendes Mittelstück als oberes Teil einer Hose oder eines Rocks
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Latz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lat͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Latz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Latz is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lat͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,454 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Latz in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Latz, spelled L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Brustteil eines Bekleidungsstückes, oft zwei Träger und ein verbindendes Mittelstück als oberes Teil einer Hose oder eines Rocks
- 2Teil einer Hose, der sich öffnen lässt
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); 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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Using “Latz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-T-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lat͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.