Luftballon
[ˈlʊftbaˌlɔŋ]
The verdict
“Luftballon” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #40,073 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,073
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hülle aus Gummi, die mit Luft oder Helium aufgeblasen werden kann, oft in Form eines bunten, meist runden Kinderspielzeugs an einem Faden oder Draht
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 | Luftballon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʊftbaˌlɔŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Luftballon” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Luftballon is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlʊftbaˌlɔŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,073 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hülle aus Gummi, die mit Luft oder Helium aufgeblasen werden kann, oft in Form eines bunten, meist runden Kinderspielzeugs an einem Faden oder Draht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Luftballon, with forms such as "lfutballon", "lluftballon", and "lufbtallon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Luftballons", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Luftballon, spelled L-U-F-T-B-A-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Hülle aus Gummi, die mit Luft oder Helium aufgeblasen werden kann, oft in Form eines bunten, meist runden Kinderspielzeugs an einem Faden oder Draht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lfutballon,lluftballon,lufbtallon,lufftballon,luftabllon,luftballno,luftballonn,luftbaloln,luftbalon,luftbballon,luftblalon,lufttballon,lutfballon,ulftballon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Luftballon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Luftballon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-U-F-T-B-A-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlʊftbaˌlɔŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Luftballons” - see the side-by-side comparison. Luftballon vs Luftballons
- 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.