lederhosen
/ˈleɪdəˌhəʊzən/
"lederhosen" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lederhosen” is uncommon English (frequency #85,444 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,444
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A pair of knee-breeches made of leather, typical of Bavaria and Austria.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lederhosen · lederhosen · English
lederhosen · rank #85,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,444
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Ledecky
Nearest frequency peer: Ledecky (-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 “lederhosen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lantana
lantana
14,563 corpus weight
- laugher
laugher
14,561 corpus weight
- Ledecky
Ledecky
14,558 corpus weight
- lederhosen
lederhosen
14,557 corpus weight
- leveller
leveller
14,552 corpus weight
- licencing
licencing
14,548 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lederhosen” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lederhosen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪdəˌhəʊzən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lederhosen” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lederhosen is uncommon English at frequency #85,444 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈleɪdəˌhəʊzən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pair of knee-breeches made of leather, typical of Bavaria and Austria.".
Zero misspellings are on record for lederhosen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Lederhose (literally “leather trousers”). The final -n probably from the German plural; alternatively influenced by Bavarian Lederhosn (singular and plural). The correct English form is lederhosen, spelled L-E-D-E-R-H-O-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1A pair of knee-breeches made of leather, typical of Bavaria and Austria.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Lederhose (literally “leather trousers”). The final -n probably from the German plural; alternatively influenced by Bavarian Lederhosn (singular and plural).
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.