Luftraum
[ˈlʊftˌʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Luftraum” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #24,431 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,431
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der mit Luft gefüllte Raum über der Erdoberfläche
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Luftraum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʊftˌʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Luftraum” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Luftraum is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlʊftˌʁaʊ̯m]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,431 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Luftraum, with forms such as "lfutraum", "lluftraum", and "lufftraum". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Luftraum, spelled L-U-F-T-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1der mit Luft gefüllte Raum über der Erdoberfläche
- 2Hoheitsgebiet eines Landes
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lfutraum,lluftraum,lufftraum,lufrtaum,luftarum,luftramu,luftraumm,luftrraum,luftruam,lufttraum,lutfraum,ulftraum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Luftraum - 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 “Luftraum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-U-F-T-R-A-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlʊftˌʁaʊ̯m] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.