LDL
[ɛldeˈʔɛl]
The verdict
“LDL” is uncommon German (frequency #67,440 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,440
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lipoprotein von niederer Dichte (Low Density Lipoprotein)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LDL |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ɛldeˈʔɛl] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #67,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “LDL” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
LDL is uncommon German at frequency #67,440 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ɛldeˈʔɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lipoprotein von niederer Dichte (Low Density Lipoprotein)".
LDL doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is LDL, spelled L-D-L.
Definition
- 1Lipoprotein von niederer Dichte (Low Density Lipoprotein)
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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 “LDL”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-D-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.