Lehrermangel
[ˈleːʁɐˌmaŋl̩]
The verdict
“Lehrermangel” is uncommon German (frequency #59,847 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,847
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Situation, dass es insgesamt zu wenige Lehrer gibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-lehrermangel · Lehrermangel · German
Lehrermangel · rank #59,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,847
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lehrauftrag
Nearest frequency peer: Lehrauftrag (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lehrermangel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Legislaturp…
Legislaturperioden
40,157 corpus weight
- legitimer
legitimer
40,156 corpus weight
- Lehrauftrag
Lehrauftrag
40,155 corpus weight
- Lehrermangel
Lehrermangel
40,154 corpus weight
- leistenden
leistenden
40,153 corpus weight
- Lenden
Lenden
40,152 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lehrermangel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lehrermangel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːʁɐˌmaŋl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #59,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lehrermangel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lehrermangel is uncommon German at frequency #59,847 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːʁɐˌmaŋl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Situation, dass es insgesamt zu wenige Lehrer gibt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Lehrermangel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lehrermangel, spelled L-E-H-R-E-R-M-A-N-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1die Situation, dass es insgesamt zu wenige Lehrer gibt
Antonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lehrermangel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.