Lorbeer
[ˈlɔʁˌbeːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Lorbeer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,121
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Pflanzengattung Laurus (deutsch: Lorbeeren)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lorbeer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɔʁˌbeːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lorbeer” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Lorbeer (IPA [ˈlɔʁˌbeːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,121 among 30,953 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lorbeer, with forms such as "llorbeer", "lobreer", and "lorbbeer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Lorbeeren", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Lorbeer, spelled L-O-R-B-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1die Pflanzengattung Laurus (deutsch: Lorbeeren)
- 2immergrüner Baum aus der Gattung der Lorbeeren (Laurus)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llorbeer
- lobreer
- lorbbeer
- lorbeerr
- lorber
- lorbere
- loreber
- lorrbeer
- lrobeer
- olrbeer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lorbeer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Lorbeer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-O-R-B-E-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlɔʁˌbeːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Lorbeeren” - see the side-by-side comparison. Lorbeer vs Lorbeeren
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.