Lawine

[laˈviːnə]

/[laˈviːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Lawine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,746
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Bergen ins Tal gleitende oder stürzende große Massen von Eis oder Schnee

Corpus desk

Index DE-lawine · Lawine · German

Lawine · rank #28,746 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,746
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Laudatio

Nearest frequency peer: Laudatio (-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 „Lawine“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Lawine“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Lawine vs line
50% similar
Lawine vs Leine
67% similar
Lawine vs lane
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Lawine“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Lawineliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Laudatio“ (#28,745), „Lazarett“ (#28,747), „langwierigen“ (#28,744). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Lawine“ bei #28,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Lawine (IPA [laˈviːnə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,746 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 Lawine, with forms such as "alwine", "laiwne", and "lawien". 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. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Lawine, spelled L-A-W-I-N-E.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Lawine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Beinahe jedes Jahr fallen Skitouristen einer Lawine zum Opfer.
  2. Am Écrins-Massiv hat eine Lawine sieben Menschen in den Tod gerissen.

Synonyms

Erdrutsch

This word in other languages

avalanche(English)alud(Español)avalanche(Français)avalanche(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alwine
  • laiwne
  • lawien
  • lawinne
  • lawnie
  • lawwine
  • llawine
  • lwaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lawine - 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.

alwine2laiwne2lawien2lawinne1lawnie2lawwine1llawine1lwaine2
Edit distance from "Lawine"

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.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lawine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lachst#28,742Limits#28,753musica#28,769Isolde#28,722

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Heldt8 variantspalazzo8 variantsparkt8 variantspetite8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list