Laudatio
[laʊ̯ˈdaːt͡si̯o]
The verdict
“Laudatio” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #28,745 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,745
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rhetorik: im Rahmen eines Festakts gehaltene feierliche Rede, in der jemandes Leistungen und Verdienste gewürdigt werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laudatio |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laʊ̯ˈdaːt͡si̯o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Laudatio” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Laudatio is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laʊ̯ˈdaːt͡si̯o]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,745 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rhetorik: im Rahmen eines Festakts gehaltene feierliche Rede, in der jemandes Leistungen und Verdienste gewürdigt werden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Laudatio, with forms such as "aludatio", "laduatio", and "lauadtio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Laudatio, spelled L-A-U-D-A-T-I-O.
Definition
- 1Rhetorik: im Rahmen eines Festakts gehaltene feierliche Rede, in der jemandes Leistungen und Verdienste gewürdigt werden
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aludatio,laduatio,lauadtio,laudaito,laudatoi,laudattio,lauddatio,laudtaio,llaudatio,luadatio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Laudatio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Laudatio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-U-D-A-T-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [laʊ̯ˈdaːt͡si̯o] (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.