Lichtmess
[ˈlɪçtˌmɛs]
The verdict
“Lichtmess” is uncommon German (frequency #98,754 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,754
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mariä Lichtmess, katholischer Feiertag am 2. Februar
Corpus desk
Index DE-lichtmess · Lichtmess · German
Lichtmess · rank #98,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,754
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lichtlein
Nearest frequency peer: Lichtlein (-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 “Lichtmess”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lemuren
Lemuren
1,252 corpus weight
- lever
lever
1,251 corpus weight
- Lichtlein
Lichtlein
1,248 corpus weight
- Lichtmess
Lichtmess
1,247 corpus weight
- liebliches
liebliches
1,246 corpus weight
- Lieblingsso…
Lieblingssongs
1,245 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lichtmess” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lichtmess |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪçtˌmɛs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Lichtmess” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Lichtmess is uncommon German at frequency #98,754 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɪçtˌmɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mariä Lichtmess, katholischer Feiertag am 2. Februar".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lichtmess, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Lichtmess, spelled L-I-C-H-T-M-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Mariä Lichtmess, katholischer Feiertag am 2. Februar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lichtmess appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ist’s an Lichtmess hell und rein, wird ein langer Winter sein.
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); 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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