Luftfilter

[ˈlʊftˌfɪltɐ]

/[ˈlʊftˌfɪltɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Luftfilter” is uncommon German (frequency #89,245 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,245
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Filter, der unerwünschte Bestandteile aus der ihn durchströmenden Luft entfernt/zurückhält

Corpus desk

Index DE-luftfilter · Luftfilter · German

Luftfilter · rank #89,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,245
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH lor

Nearest frequency peer: lor (-3 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Luftfilter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Luftfilter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Luftfilter
PropertyValue
HeadwordLuftfilter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlʊftˌfɪltɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Luftfilter“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Luftfilterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „lor“ (#89,242), „Lungenerkrankungen“ (#89,248), „logistischer“ (#89,241). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Luftfilter“ bei #89,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Luftfilter is uncommon German at frequency #89,245 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlʊftˌfɪltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Filter, der unerwünschte Bestandteile aus der ihn durchströmenden Luft entfernt/zurückhält".

Zero misspellings are on record for Luftfilter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Luftfilter, spelled L-U-F-T-F-I-L-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Filter, der unerwünschte Bestandteile aus der ihn durchströmenden Luft entfernt/zurückhält

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alle Luftfilter in Lüftungsanlagen müssen regelmäßig gewechselt werden. Die Luftfilterüberwachung zeigt die Verschmutzung des Luftfilters an.
  2. „Grundsätzlich sind Luftfilter der Differenzdrucküberwachung unterworfen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Luftfilter"?
"Luftfilter" is spelled L-U-F-T-F-I-L-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlʊftˌfɪltɐ].
What does "Luftfilter" mean?
As a noun, "Luftfilter" means: Filter, der unerwünschte Bestandteile aus der ihn durchströmenden Luft entfernt/zurückhält
How do you pronounce "Luftfilter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Luftfilter" is [ˈlʊftˌfɪltɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Luftfilter" come from?
"Luftfilter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Luftfilter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list