Lawine

/[laˈviːnə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,746

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Lawine is aGermannoun. It means: von Bergen ins Tal gleitende oder stürzende große Massen von Eis oder Schnee Pronounced [laˈviːnə]. Often confused with line and Leine.

Key facts for Lawine
PropertyValue
HeadwordLawine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[laˈviːnə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,746
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Lawine in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Lawine is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈviːnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,746 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Lawine, with forms such as "alwine", "laiwne", and "lawien". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "line", "Leine", "lane", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Lawine, spelled L-A-W-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von Bergen ins Tal gleitende oder stürzende große Massen von Eis oder Schnee
  2. 2
    an Hängen abrutschende Materialien wie Schlamm oder Geröll
  3. 3
    eine große Menge

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alwine,laiwne,lawien,lawinne,lawnie,lawwine,llawine,lwaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Lawine

Misspelling Variants of "Lawine"

alwine6laiwne6lawien6lawinne7lawnie6lawwine7llawine7lwaine6
Misspelling Variants of "Lawine"

Frequency rank: #28,746 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lawine"?
"Lawine" is spelled L-A-W-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈviːnə].
What does "Lawine" mean?
As a noun, "Lawine" means: von Bergen ins Tal gleitende oder stürzende große Massen von Eis oder Schnee
What words are commonly confused with "Lawine"?
"Lawine" is commonly confused with "line", "Leine", "lane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lawine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lawine" is [laˈviːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lawine" come from?
"Lawine" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.