Lungau
[ˈlʊŋˌɡaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Lungau” is uncommon German (frequency #69,477 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,477
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine der fünf Regionen des österreichischen Bundeslandes Salzburg
Corpus desk
Index DE-lungau · Lungau · German
Lungau · rank #69,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,477
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH lyrischer
Nearest frequency peer: lyrischer (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lungau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lizenzierte
lizenzierte
30,527 corpus weight
- loan
loan
30,526 corpus weight
- Lungau
Lungau
30,524 corpus weight
- lyrischer
lyrischer
30,523 corpus weight
- Maat
Maat
30,522 corpus weight
- Machterhalt
Machterhalt
30,521 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lungau” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lungau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʊŋˌɡaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lungau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lungau is uncommon German at frequency #69,477 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈlʊŋˌɡaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der fünf Regionen des österreichischen Bundeslandes Salzburg".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lungau in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Lungau, spelled L-U-N-G-A-U.
Definition
- 1eine der fünf Regionen des österreichischen Bundeslandes Salzburg
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lungau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.