Low Dutch

name

"low-dutch" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Low Dutch” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Low German.

Corpus desk

Index EN-low-dutch · Low Dutch · English

Low Dutch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for Low Dutch
PropertyValue
HeadwordLow Dutch
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Low Dutch” in English

Low Dutchranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Low Dutch is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Low German.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Low Dutch in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Low Dutch, spelled L-O-W- -D-U-T-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Low German.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Low Dutch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There were ſeveral of his Prieſts and Lawyers preſent, (as I conjectured by their habits) who were commanded to addreſs themſelves to me, and I ſpoke to them in as many Languages as I had the leaſt ſmattering of, which were High and Low Dutch, Latin, French, Spaniſh, Italian, and Lingua Franca; but all to no purpoſe.
  2. The German is again sub-divided into South German or Gothic, Middle German, and Low German, or Low Dutch. … The Low Dutch is spoken by the people of Lower Saxony, Friesland, Holland, and Belgium.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Low Dutch"?
"Low Dutch" is spelled L-O-W- -D-U-T-C-H.
What does "Low Dutch" mean?
As a proper noun, "Low Dutch" means: Low German.
What language does "Low Dutch" come from?
"Low Dutch" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list