Laufband

Name: Laufband, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈlaʊ̯fˌbant]

/[ˈlaʊ̯fˌbant]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Laufband” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,473. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,473
frequency rank, German: 2,640
“L” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - motorbetriebenes Fitnessgerät mit einem endlosen, umlaufenden Band, auf dem Personen gehen oder laufen, ohne sich dabei räumlich fortzubewegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-laufband · Laufband · German

Laufband · rank #36,473 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #36,473
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 2,640
PHOTO-FINISH Landgrafen

Nearest frequency peer: Landgrafen (-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.

Landesbibli…

63,530
Landgrafen

63,529
Laufband

63,528
lautem

63,527
Lautspreche…

63,526
Lebendigkeit

63,525

What this shows „Laufband“ 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).

Laufband vs laufend

63% similar

Laufband vs Laufbahn

75% similar

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

Key facts for Laufband
Property	Value
Headword	Laufband
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈlaʊ̯fˌbant]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#36,473
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Laufband“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Laufbandliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#36,473

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Landgrafen“ (#36,472), „lautem“ (#36,474), „Landesbibliothek“ (#36,471). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Laufband“ bei #36,473. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Laufband (IPA [ˈlaʊ̯fˌbant]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,473 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Laufband, with forms such as "alufband", "lafuband", and "laubfand". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "laufend", "Laufbahn", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Laufband, spelled L-A-U-F-B-A-N-D.

Definition

1
motorbetriebenes Fitnessgerät mit einem endlosen, umlaufenden Band, auf dem Personen gehen oder laufen, ohne sich dabei räumlich fortzubewegen
2
Fahrsteig; ein der Rolltreppe ähnliches Personenbeförderungsmittel, bei dem die einzelnen Metallsegmente keine Treppe bilden, sondern in horizontaler Bauweise ausgeführt sind
3
Förderband; endloses mechanisch angetriebenes Band zum Transport von Gütern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Ich habe gestern auf dem Laufband einen richtigen Workout absolviert.
„Während ich auf dem Laufband stand und meine Kilometer runterspulte, saß Francesco an der Saftbar und versuchte, Frauen anzusprechen.

Synonyms

FahrsteigFörderband

This word in other languages

treadmill(English)tapis de course(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

alufband
lafuband
laubfand
laufabnd
laufbadn
laufbandd
laufbannd
laufbband
laufbnad
lauffband
llaufband
luafband

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Laufband - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Laufband"

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 "Laufband"?

"Laufband" is spelled L-A-U-F-B-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlaʊ̯fˌbant].

What does "Laufband" mean?

As a noun, "Laufband" means: motorbetriebenes Fitnessgerät mit einem endlosen, umlaufenden Band, auf dem Personen gehen oder laufen, ohne sich dabei räumlich fortzubewegen

What words are commonly confused with "Laufband"?

"Laufband" is commonly confused with "laufend", "Laufbahn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Laufband"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Laufband" is [ˈlaʊ̯fˌbant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Laufband" come from?

"Laufband" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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