Laufsport
[ˈlaʊ̯fˌʃpɔʁt]
The verdict
“Laufsport” is an uncommon German word, ranked #89,209 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #89,209
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sammelbegriff für sportliche Disziplinen/Aktivitäten, bei denen Laufen die Hauptaktivität darstellt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laufsport |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaʊ̯fˌʃpɔʁt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Laufsport” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Laufsport is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlaʊ̯fˌʃpɔʁt]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,209 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sammelbegriff für sportliche Disziplinen/Aktivitäten, bei denen Laufen die Hauptaktivität darstellt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Laufsport, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Laufsport, spelled L-A-U-F-S-P-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Sammelbegriff für sportliche Disziplinen/Aktivitäten, bei denen Laufen die Hauptaktivität darstellt
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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 “Laufsport”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-U-F-S-P-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.