loslassen
[ˈloːsˌlasn̩]
The verdict
“loslassen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,890
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Griff um etwas lösen, etwas nicht mehr festhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-loslassen · loslassen · German
loslassen · rank #13,890 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,890
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH loser
Nearest frequency peer: loser (-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 “loslassen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Leonardo
Leonardo
86,113 corpus weight
- loser
loser
86,112 corpus weight
- loslassen
loslassen
86,111 corpus weight
- Loyalität
Loyalität
86,110 corpus weight
- Lu
Lu
86,109 corpus weight
- luna
luna
86,108 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “loslassen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | loslassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈloːsˌlasn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “loslassen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around loslassen (IPA [ˈloːsˌlasn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,890 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for loslassen, with forms such as "lloslassen", "lolsassen", and "losalssen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "loslässt", "loszulassen", "losgelassen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is loslassen, spelled L-O-S-L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Griff um etwas lösen, etwas nicht mehr festhalten
- 2jemanden oder etwas nicht mehr zurückhalten
- 3von etwas nicht mehr seelisch beeinträchtigt werden
- 4eine enge Bindung lockern
- 5sich mündlich oder schriftlich äußern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how loslassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du musst das Seil loslassen!
Lass bitte meine Hand los!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lloslassen
- lolsassen
- losalssen
- loslasen
- loslasesn
- loslassenn
- loslassne
- loslaßen
- losllassen
- loslsasen
- losslassen
- lsolassen
- olslassen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loslassen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "loslassen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "loslassen". Here's where to go from here.
- "loslassen" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "loslässt". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,890 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.