losgehen

/[ˈloːsˌɡeːən]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,943

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

losgehen is aGermanverb. It means: sich von einem Ort zu Fuß entfernen Pronounced [ˈloːsˌɡeːən]. It ranks #9,943 in German word frequency. Often confused with losgeht and loslegen.

Key facts for losgehen
PropertyValue
Headwordlosgehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈloːsˌɡeːən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,943
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of losgehen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for losgehen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈloːsˌɡeːən]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,943 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for losgehen, with forms such as "llosgehen", "logsehen", and "loseghen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "losgeht", "loslegen", "löschen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is losgehen, spelled L-O-S-G-E-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich von einem Ort zu Fuß entfernen
  2. 2
    sich in feindlicher Absicht nähern
  3. 3
    beginnen
  4. 4
    detonieren, abfeuern

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llosgehen,logsehen,loseghen,losgeehn,losgehenn,losgehhen,losgehne,losggehen,losgheen,lossgehen,lsogehen,olsgehen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for losgehen

Misspelling Variants of "losgehen"

llosgehen9logsehen8loseghen8losgeehn8losgehenn9losgehhen9losgehne8losggehen9
Misspelling Variants of "losgehen"

Frequency rank: #9,943 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "losgehen"?
"losgehen" is spelled L-O-S-G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈloːsˌɡeːən].
What does "losgehen" mean?
As a verb, "losgehen" means: sich von einem Ort zu Fuß entfernen
What words are commonly confused with "losgehen"?
"losgehen" is commonly confused with "losgeht", "loslegen", "löschen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "losgehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "losgehen" is [ˈloːsˌɡeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "losgehen" come from?
"losgehen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.