Loreley
[loːʁəˈlaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Loreley” is uncommon German (frequency #50,683 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,683
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor Sankt Goarshausen am Mittelrhein fast senkrecht aus dem Rhein aufsteigender Schieferfelsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-loreley · Loreley · German
Loreley · rank #50,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,683
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lobende
Nearest frequency peer: lobende (-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 “Loreley”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- liegendes
liegendes
49,321 corpus weight
- Lizenzgebüh…
Lizenzgebühren
49,320 corpus weight
- lobende
lobende
49,319 corpus weight
- Loreley
Loreley
49,318 corpus weight
- Luckenwalde
Luckenwalde
49,317 corpus weight
- Luftqualität
Luftqualität
49,316 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Loreley” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Loreley |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [loːʁəˈlaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Loreley” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Loreley is uncommon German at frequency #50,683 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [loːʁəˈlaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor Sankt Goarshausen am Mittelrhein fast senkrecht aus dem Rhein aufsteigender Schieferfelsen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Loreley in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Loreley, spelled L-O-R-E-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1vor Sankt Goarshausen am Mittelrhein fast senkrecht aus dem Rhein aufsteigender Schieferfelsen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Loreley appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Loreley ist ein Felsen des mittelrheinischen Schiefergebirges.
„Auf der rechten Seite des Rheins, zwischen den deutschen Städten Kaub und St. Goarshausen, erhebt sich aus dem Fluß das Wahrzeichen der Rheinromantik schlechthin: der 132 m hohe Schieferfelsen Loreley.“
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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