Lebensraum
/ˈleɪbənzˌɹaʊm/
"lebensraum" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lebensraum” is uncommon English (frequency #96,159 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,159
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Territories considered appropriate for German habitation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:
Corpus desk
Index EN-lebensraum · Lebensraum · English
Lebensraum · rank #96,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,159
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Laserdisc
Nearest frequency peer: Laserdisc (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Lebensraum”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lapsing
lapsing
3,844 corpus weight
- Laserdisc
Laserdisc
3,843 corpus weight
- Lebensraum
Lebensraum
3,842 corpus weight
- Lebesgue
Lebesgue
3,841 corpus weight
- Lebo
Lebo
3,840 corpus weight
- leese
leese
3,839 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lebensraum” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lebensraum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪbənzˌɹaʊm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lebensraum” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lebensraum is uncommon English at frequency #96,159 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈleɪbənzˌɹaʊm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Lebensraum in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from German Lebensraum (literally “living space”). The correct English form is Lebensraum, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Territories considered appropriate for German habitation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:
- 2Territories considered appropriate for German habitation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lebensraum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The title of this article evokes memories of the beginning of World War II and reveals one method dictators use to increase their power. In China’s case, Xi Jinping’s Anschluss of Hong Kong in June 2020 fits nicely with the way Hitler began his initial European expansion strategy, called Lebensraum (living space). In Zweites Buch, Hitler said that to domi…
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Lebensraum (literally “living space”).
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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