Lotse
[ˈloːt͡sə]
The verdict
“Lotse” is uncommon German (frequency #68,440 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,440
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiffer/Seemann, der berufsmäßig Schiffe durch schwierige Gewässer leitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-lotse · Lotse · German
Lotse · rank #68,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,440
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lotter
Nearest frequency peer: lotter (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Lotse“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lobbying
Lobbying
31,564 corpus weight
- Lotse
Lotse
31,561 corpus weight
- lotter
lotter
31,560 corpus weight
- Ländergrenz…
Ländergrenzen
31,559 corpus weight
- Machtdemons…
Machtdemonstration
31,556 corpus weight
- Machtpolitik
Machtpolitik
31,555 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Lotse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lotse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈloːt͡sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lotse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lotse is uncommon German at frequency #68,440 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈloːt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Lotse has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Lotse, spelled L-O-T-S-E.
Definition
- 1Schiffer/Seemann, der berufsmäßig Schiffe durch schwierige Gewässer leitet
- 2Führer durch unbekannte Stadtteile oder gefährliche Verkehrslagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lotse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bis 1835 wurden die Lotsen in offenen Jollen versetzt.
„Der Lotse machte auf mich einen ordentlichen und tüchtigen Eindruck.“
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Antonyms
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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