läuten
[ˈlɔɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“läuten” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,685. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,685
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geräusche durch das Bewegen einer Glocke hervorrufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-lauten · läuten · German
läuten · rank #21,685 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,685
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH LSD
Nearest frequency peer: LSD (-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 „läuten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Louvre
Louvre
78,319 corpus weight
- LSD
LSD
78,317 corpus weight
- läuten
läuten
78,316 corpus weight
- Magnesium
Magnesium
78,315 corpus weight
- mahnt
mahnt
78,314 corpus weight
- Mandy
Mandy
78,313 corpus weight
What this shows „läuten“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | läuten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈlɔɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „läuten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around läuten (IPA [ˈlɔɪ̯tn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,685 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for läuten, with forms such as "lläuten", "luäten", and "lätuen". 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, "Leute", "lügen", "Luden", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is läuten, spelled L-Ä-U-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Geräusche durch das Bewegen einer Glocke hervorrufen
- 2(an einem Eingang) akustisch auf sich aufmerksam machen
- 3(an einem Eingang) akustisch Aufmerksamkeit hervorrufen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how läuten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei uns im Dorf werden die Glocken jeden Sonntag zum Gottesdienst geläutet.
„K. wartete noch ein Weilchen, sah von seinem Kopfkissen aus die alte Frau, die ihm gegenüber wohnte und die ihn mit einer an ihr ganz ungewöhnlichen Neugierde beobachtete, dann aber, gleichzeitig befremdet und hungrig, läutete er.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lläuten
- luäten
- lätuen
- läuetn
- läutenn
- läutne
- läutten
- äluten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of läuten - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "läuten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).