Landsknecht
/ˈlɑntsknɛxt/
"landsknecht" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Landsknecht” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of lansquenet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-landsknecht · Landsknecht · English
Landsknecht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Landsknecht |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɑntsknɛxt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Landsknecht” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Landsknecht is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɑntsknɛxt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of lansquenet.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Landsknecht, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Landsknecht, from Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”). Doublet of lansquenet. The correct English form is Landsknecht, spelled L-A-N-D-S-K-N-E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of lansquenet.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Landsknecht, from Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”). Doublet of lansquenet.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.