Love Hotel

[ˈlafhoˌtɛl]

/[ˈlafhoˌtɛl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Love Hotel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus Japan stammende Form von Stundenhotels

Key facts for Love Hotel
PropertyValue
HeadwordLove Hotel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlafhoˌtɛl]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Love Hotel” sits in German frequency

Love Hotel falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Love Hotel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlafhoˌtɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Japan stammende Form von Stundenhotels".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Love Hotel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Love Hotel, spelled L-O-V-E- -H-O-T-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus Japan stammende Form von Stundenhotels

This word in other languages

love hotel(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Love Hotel"?
"Love Hotel" is spelled L-O-V-E- -H-O-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlafhoˌtɛl].
What does "Love Hotel" mean?
As a noun, "Love Hotel" means: aus Japan stammende Form von Stundenhotels
How do you pronounce "Love Hotel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Love Hotel" is [ˈlafhoˌtɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Love Hotel" come from?
"Love Hotel" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Love Hotel”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is L-O-V-E- -H-O-T-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈlafhoˌtɛl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list