Lendenwirbelsäule
[ˈlɛndənˌvɪʁbl̩ˌzɔɪ̯lə]
The verdict
“Lendenwirbelsäule” is uncommon German (frequency #93,226 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,226
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil der Wirbelsäule, der aus den 5 Lendenwirbel besteht, die zwischen dem unteren Kreuzbein und der oberen Brustwirbelsäule liegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-lendenwirbelsaule · Lendenwirbelsäule · German
Lendenwirbelsäule · rank #93,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,226
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leseratten
Nearest frequency peer: Leseratten (+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 “Lendenwirbelsäule”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Leitbilder
Leitbilder
6,778 corpus weight
- leitend
leitend
6,777 corpus weight
- Lendenwirbe…
Lendenwirbelsäule
6,775 corpus weight
- Leseratten
Leseratten
6,774 corpus weight
- Lewa
Lewa
6,772 corpus weight
- Liebesbeweis
Liebesbeweis
6,771 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lendenwirbelsäule” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lendenwirbelsäule |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɛndənˌvɪʁbl̩ˌzɔɪ̯lə] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #93,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lendenwirbelsäule” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lendenwirbelsäule is uncommon German at frequency #93,226 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɛndənˌvɪʁbl̩ˌzɔɪ̯lə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil der Wirbelsäule, der aus den 5 Lendenwirbel besteht, die zwischen dem unteren Kreuzbein und der oberen Brustwirbelsäule liegen".
Lendenwirbelsäule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Lendenwirbelsäule, spelled L-E-N-D-E-N-W-I-R-B-E-L-S-Ä-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Teil der Wirbelsäule, der aus den 5 Lendenwirbel besteht, die zwischen dem unteren Kreuzbein und der oberen Brustwirbelsäule liegen
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lendenwirbelsäule", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 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.