Lauenburg

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The verdict

“Lauenburg” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,641
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-lauenburg · Lauenburg · German

Lauenburg · rank #25,641 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,641
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Landebahn

Nearest frequency peer: Landebahn (-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 „Lauenburg“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Lauenburg“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Lauenburg vs Laufenburg
90% similar
Lauenburg vs of
0% similar
Lauenburg vs TO
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Lauenburg
PropertyValue
HeadwordLauenburg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,641
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Lauenburg“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Lauenburgliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Landebahn“ (#25,640), „Launch“ (#25,642), „Laie“ (#25,639). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lauenburg“ bei #25,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Lauenburg (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,641 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lauenburg, with forms such as "aluenburg", "laeunburg", and "lauebnurg". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Laufenburg", "of", "TO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Lauenburg, spelled L-A-U-E-N-B-U-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Lauenburg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lauenburg liegt in Deutschlands Norden.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aluenburg
  • laeunburg
  • lauebnurg
  • lauenbburg
  • lauenbrug
  • lauenbugr
  • lauenburgg
  • lauenburrg
  • lauennburg
  • lauenubrg
  • launeburg
  • llauenburg
  • luaenburg

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lauenburg - 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.

aluenburg2laeunburg2lauebnurg2lauenbburg1lauenbrug2lauenbugr2lauenburgg1lauenburrg1
Edit distance from "Lauenburg"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lauenburg"?
"Lauenburg" is spelled L-A-U-E-N-B-U-R-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Lauenburg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lauenburg" means: eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
What words are commonly confused with "Lauenburg"?
"Lauenburg" is commonly confused with "Laufenburg", "of", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lauenburg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lauenburg" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lauenburg" come from?
"Lauenburg" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lauenburg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Landebahn#25,640korrekter#25,632Mauerfall#25,659jüdisches#25,617

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Kästchen13 variantsKutscher13 variantsklinisch13 variantsNeurologie13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list