Luftstrom
[ˈlʊftˌʃtʁoːm]
The verdict
“Luftstrom” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,874 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,874
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine sich gleichförmig bewegende Menge eines Gases
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Luftstrom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʊftˌʃtʁoːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Luftstrom” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Luftstrom is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlʊftˌʃtʁoːm]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,874 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine sich gleichförmig bewegende Menge eines Gases".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Luftstrom, with forms such as "lfutstrom", "lluftstrom", and "lufftstrom". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Luftstrom, spelled L-U-F-T-S-T-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1eine sich gleichförmig bewegende Menge eines Gases
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lfutstrom,lluftstrom,lufftstrom,lufsttrom,luftsrtom,luftsstrom,luftstorm,luftstrmo,luftstromm,luftstrrom,luftsttrom,lufttsrom,lufttstrom,lutfstrom,ulftstrom
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Luftstrom - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Luftstrom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-U-F-T-S-T-R-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlʊftˌʃtʁoːm] (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.