Löss
[lœs]
The verdict
“Löss” is uncommon German (frequency #75,941 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,941
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schluffiges Sedimentgestein, das aus der Zerstörung anderer Gesteine, deren Verwehung und Ablagerung entstanden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-loss · Löss · German
Löss · rank #75,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,941
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH länderübergre…
Nearest frequency peer: länderübergreifende (-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 “Löss”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Luftmatratze
Luftmatratze
24,064 corpus weight
- lys
lys
24,062 corpus weight
- länderüberg…
länderübergreifende
24,061 corpus weight
- Löss
Löss
24,060 corpus weight
- Lötkolben
Lötkolben
24,059 corpus weight
- Maiskolben
Maiskolben
24,057 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Löss” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Löss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lœs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Löss” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Löss is uncommon German at frequency #75,941 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lœs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schluffiges Sedimentgestein, das aus der Zerstörung anderer Gesteine, deren Verwehung und Ablagerung entstanden ist".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Löss in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Löss, spelled L-Ö-S-S.
Definition
- 1schluffiges Sedimentgestein, das aus der Zerstörung anderer Gesteine, deren Verwehung und Ablagerung entstanden ist
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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