Lavoir
[laˈvo̯aːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Lavoir” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Wasserbecken zur Körperpflege
Corpus desk
Index DE-lavoir · Lavoir · German
Lavoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lavoir |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laˈvo̯aːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lavoir“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lavoir is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [laˈvo̯aːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Lavoir in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Lavoir, spelled L-A-V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1kleines Wasserbecken zur Körperpflege
- 2öffentlicher Wasserplatz zur Wäschereinigung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lavoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für die Körperpflege stand lediglich ein Lavoir zur Verfügung.“
„Im achtzehnten Jahrhundert hatte man ein halbrundes Lavoir, ein Waschhaus, darumgebaut.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.