Lithographie
[litoɡʁaˈfiː]
The verdict
“Lithographie” is uncommon German (frequency #58,976 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,976
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Druckverfahren, bei der ein Stein als Druckvorlage genutzt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lithographie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [litoɡʁaˈfiː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lithographie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lithographie is uncommon German at frequency #58,976 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [litoɡʁaˈfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Lithographie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Lithographie, spelled L-I-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Druckverfahren, bei der ein Stein als Druckvorlage genutzt wird
- 2ein Druck, der durch Lithographie^([1]) hergestellt wurde
Synonyms
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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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Using “Lithographie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [litoɡʁaˈfiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.