Lavendel
[laˈvɛndl̩]
The verdict
“Lavendel” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,235
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wissenschaftlich Lavandula angustifolia oder Lavendula officinalis, Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Lippenblütengewächse (Lamiaceae)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lavendel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laˈvɛndl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lavendel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Lavendel (IPA [laˈvɛndl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,235 among 30,953 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "wissenschaftlich Lavandula angustifolia oder Lavendula officinalis, Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Lippenblütengewächse (Lamiaceae)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lavendel, with forms such as "alvendel", "laevndel", and "lavednel". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Lavendel, spelled L-A-V-E-N-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1wissenschaftlich Lavandula angustifolia oder Lavendula officinalis, Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Lippenblütengewächse (Lamiaceae)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alvendel,laevndel,lavednel,lavenddel,lavendell,lavendle,lavenedl,lavenndel,lavnedel,lavvendel,llavendel,lvaendel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lavendel - 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 “Lavendel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-A-V-E-N-D-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [laˈvɛndl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.