Łódź
[wut͡ɕ]
The verdict
“Łódź” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großstadt in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Łódź; Lodz, Lodsch
Corpus desk
Index DE-odz · Łódź · German
Łódź · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ł" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Łódź |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [wut͡ɕ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Łódź“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Łódź is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [wut͡ɕ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Großstadt in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Łódź; Lodz, Lodsch".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Łódź, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Łódź, spelled Ł-Ó-D-Ź.
Definition
- 1Großstadt in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Łódź; Lodz, Lodsch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Łódź appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Cóż on w Łodzi robi?“
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