Linoleum
[liˈnoːleʊm]
The verdict
“Linoleum” is uncommon German (frequency #71,589 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,589
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elastisches Material aus Leinöl, Korkmehl und Jutegewebe, das insbesondere als Bodenbelag dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-linoleum · Linoleum · German
Linoleum · rank #71,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,589
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lichtstrahlen
Nearest frequency peer: Lichtstrahlen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Linoleum“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lettisch
Lettisch
28,415 corpus weight
- leugnete
leugnete
28,414 corpus weight
- Lichtstrahl…
Lichtstrahlen
28,413 corpus weight
- Linoleum
Linoleum
28,412 corpus weight
- Lochs
Lochs
28,411 corpus weight
- Logistikunt…
Logistikunternehmen
28,409 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Linoleum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Linoleum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [liˈnoːleʊm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Linoleum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Linoleum is uncommon German at frequency #71,589 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [liˈnoːleʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elastisches Material aus Leinöl, Korkmehl und Jutegewebe, das insbesondere als Bodenbelag dient".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Linoleum, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Linoleum, spelled L-I-N-O-L-E-U-M.
Definition
- 1elastisches Material aus Leinöl, Korkmehl und Jutegewebe, das insbesondere als Bodenbelag dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Linoleum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Balatum ist ein preiswerter Fußbodenbelag, der als günstige Konkurrenz zum Linoleum hergestellt wurde.“
„Der Rollstuhl glitt über das Linoleum wie von Geisterhand.“
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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