letterbox
[letə(r)bɒks]
The verdict
“letterbox” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - britisch: rechteckiger Türschlitz zum Empfangen von Post
Corpus desk
Index DE-letterbox · letterbox · German
letterbox · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | letterbox |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [letə(r)bɒks] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „letterbox“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
letterbox is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [letə(r)bɒks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
letterbox doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is letterbox, spelled L-E-T-T-E-R-B-O-X.
Definition
- 1britisch: rechteckiger Türschlitz zum Empfangen von Post
- 2britisch: öffentlicher Kasten zum Absenden von Post
- 3britisch: privater Kasten zum Empfangen von Post
- 4US-amerikanisch: Darstellung eines Films mit schwarzen Streifen oben und unten
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.