lager
/ˈlɑːɡə/
"lager" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lager” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,585
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lager · lager · English
lager · rank #23,585 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,585
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH knitted
Nearest frequency peer: knitted (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 “lager”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Khmer
Khmer
76,419 corpus weight
- KL
KL
76,418 corpus weight
- knitted
knitted
76,417 corpus weight
- lager
lager
76,416 corpus weight
- laird
laird
76,415 corpus weight
- letterman
letterman
76,414 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lager” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lager |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɑːɡə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lager” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around lager (IPA /ˈlɑːɡə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,585 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lager, with forms such as "laegr", "lagerr", and "lagger". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lar", "late", "lake", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair. The correct English form is lager, spelled L-A-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.
Etymology
From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- laegr
- lagerr
- lagger
- lgaer
- llager
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lager - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lager", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "lager" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lar". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #23,585 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
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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.