lynx
[lɪŋks]
The verdict
“lynx” is uncommon German (frequency #67,470 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,470
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Luchs
Corpus desk
Index DE-lynx · lynx · German
lynx · rank #67,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,470
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lustvolle
Nearest frequency peer: lustvolle (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „lynx“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Luken
Luken
32,534 corpus weight
- lustigerwei…
lustigerweise
32,533 corpus weight
- lustvolle
lustvolle
32,532 corpus weight
- lynx
lynx
32,531 corpus weight
- Lässigkeit
Lässigkeit
32,529 corpus weight
- Lösungsmögl…
Lösungsmöglichkeiten
32,528 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lynx“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lynx |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɪŋks] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lynx“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lynx is uncommon German at frequency #67,470 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lɪŋks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Luchs".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lynx, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is lynx, spelled L-Y-N-X.
Definition
- 1der Luchs
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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