Lufthansa

\ˈlʊftˌhanza\

/\ˈlʊftˌhanza\/ name

The verdict

“Lufthansa” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,898
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lufthansa ® , compagnie aérienne privée allemande.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lufthansa · Lufthansa · French

Lufthansa · rank #37,898 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,898
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lucienne

Nearest frequency peer: Lucienne (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lufthansa »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Lufthansa » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lufthansa
PropertyValue
HeadwordLufthansa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˈlʊftˌhanza\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,898
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lufthansa »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lufthansase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lucienne » (#37,897), « lunatique » (#37,899), « louez » (#37,896). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lufthansa » est au #37,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Lufthansa (IPA \ˈlʊftˌhanza\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,898 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lufthansa ® , compagnie aérienne privée allemande.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lufthansa, with forms such as "lfuthansa", "llufthansa", and "luffthansa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Lufthansa, spelled L-U-F-T-H-A-N-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lufthansa ® , compagnie aérienne privée allemande.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lufthansa ist eine private deutsche Fluggesellschaft. Sie ist die größte europäische Fluggesellschaft, gemessen an der Anzahl der beförderten Passagiere.
  2. Wie die Deutsche Lufthansa AG heute der Presse mitteilte, ist es den Piloten der Fluggesellschaft ab sofort strengstens untersagt, mit Passagiermaschinen Loopings zu fliegen.

Synonyms

Hansa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lfuthansa
  • llufthansa
  • luffthansa
  • lufhtansa
  • luftahnsa
  • lufthanas
  • lufthannsa
  • lufthanssa
  • lufthasna
  • lufthhansa
  • lufthnasa
  • luftthansa
  • lutfhansa
  • ulfthansa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lufthansa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lfuthansa2llufthansa1luffthansa1lufhtansa2luftahnsa2lufthanas2lufthannsa1lufthanssa1
Edit distance from "Lufthansa"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lufthansa"?
"Lufthansa" is spelled L-U-F-T-H-A-N-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈlʊftˌhanza\.
What does "Lufthansa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lufthansa" means: Lufthansa ® , compagnie aérienne privée allemande.
What are common misspellings of "Lufthansa"?
Common misspellings include "lfuthansa", "llufthansa", "luffthansa", "lufhtansa", "luftahnsa". The correct spelling is "Lufthansa".
How do you pronounce "Lufthansa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lufthansa" is \ˈlʊftˌhanza\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lufthansa" come from?
"Lufthansa" is a French 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lufthansa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list