Luft
[lʊft]
The verdict
“Luft” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #818 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #818
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - überwiegend aus Stickstoff und Sauerstoff bestehendes Gasgemisch, das Lebewesen zum Atmen benötigen
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 | Luft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lʊft] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Luft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Luft is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lʊft]. Corpus data places it at rank #818 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Luft, with forms such as "lfut", "lluft", and "lufft". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lux", "luz", "lui", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Luft, spelled L-U-F-T.
Definition
- 1überwiegend aus Stickstoff und Sauerstoff bestehendes Gasgemisch, das Lebewesen zum Atmen benötigen
- 2Raum, Bereich oberhalb der Erdoberfläche
- 3leichter Wind
- 4Atemluft
- 5charakteristische Atmosphäre
- 6Platz, im Sinne von Raum für Bewegungsmöglichkeiten
- 7Ausdruck für etwas, das nicht vorhanden ist, oft in festen Redewendungen, wie zum Beispiel jemand ist für jemanden Luft
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lfut,lluft,lufft,luftt,lutf,ulft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Luft - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Luft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-U-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lʊft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Lux” - see the side-by-side comparison. Luft vs Lux
- 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.