LSD
[ɛlʔɛsˈdeː]
The verdict
“LSD” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,684) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #21,684
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lysergsäurediethylamid (eine psychedelische Droge)
Corpus desk
Index DE-lsd · LSD · German
LSD · rank #21,684 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,684
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH läuten
Nearest frequency peer: läuten (+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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „LSD“
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78,319 corpus weight
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78,317 corpus weight
- läuten
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78,316 corpus weight
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78,315 corpus weight
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78,314 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „LSD“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | LSD |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ɛlʔɛsˈdeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #21,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „LSD“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for LSD is neighbouring look-alikes ("Lu", "Lv", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ɛlʔɛsˈdeː]. Frequency #21,684 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Gloss: "Lysergsäurediethylamid (eine psychedelische Droge)".
LSD has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lu", "Lv", "LW", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is LSD, spelled L-S-D.
Definition
- 1Lysergsäurediethylamid (eine psychedelische Droge)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LSD appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Thelestrion, einer circa 50 Meter langen, fensterlosen Halle, im antiken, griechischen Eleusis wurde bei den Mysterienkulten Gerstensaft mit LSD-ähnlichen Substanzen konsumiert.
„LSD erlebt gerade eine Renaissance in Island, es ist günstig zu bekommen und einfach zu konsumieren.“
Synonyms
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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