Luddit

[laˈdit]

/[laˈdit]/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - englischer Maschinenstürmer aus dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert

Corpus desk

Index DE-luddit · Luddit · German

Luddit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Luddit
PropertyValue
HeadwordLuddit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[laˈdit]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Luddit” sits in German frequency

Luddit 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

Luddit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [laˈdit]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "englischer Maschinenstürmer aus dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert".

Luddit has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Luddit, spelled L-U-D-D-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    englischer Maschinenstürmer aus dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Luddit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Dabei zerstörten die Ludditen zahlreiche Woll- und Baumwollspinnereien.“

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Luddit"?
"Luddit" is spelled L-U-D-D-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈdit].
What does "Luddit" mean?
As a noun, "Luddit" means: englischer Maschinenstürmer aus dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert
How do you pronounce "Luddit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Luddit" is [laˈdit]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Luddit" come from?
"Luddit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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