letal
[leˈtaːl]
The verdict
“letal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tödlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-letal · letal · German
letal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | letal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [leˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „letal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
letal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [leˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tödlich".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for letal, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is letal, spelled L-E-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1tödlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how letal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er spritzte sich eine letale Dosis Heroin.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.