ablegenvsAlleenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ablegen is a verb, Alleen is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ablegen” is a verb and “Alleen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,496
“ablegen” frequency rank
#48,688
“Alleen” frequency rank
58184
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ablegen Alleen
Definition fortlegen, niederlegen, irgendwohin legen Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Allee

Where the eye mixes ablegen and Alleen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ablegen runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against Alleen's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
ablegen
6 ch
Alleen

Look-alike desk: ablegen vs Alleen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ablegen is [ˈapˌleːɡn̩] while Alleen is [aˈleːən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ablegen is recorded at frequency rank #9,496, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈapˌleːɡn̩]. Alleen is at rank #48,688, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈleːən].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 58184, this pair ranks #872,519 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ablegen vs Alleen

Shared letters: aeln. Private to "ablegen": bg. Private to "Alleen": -.

"ablegen" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "Alleen" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ablegen ← abblegen · abelgen · ableegn · ablegenn · ableggen · ablegne · ablgeen · abllegen
  • Alleen ← aleen · alelen · alleenn · allene · laleen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ablegen" and "Alleen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ablegen" is a verb and "Alleen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ablegen" or "Alleen" show up more?
"ablegen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,496 in our German list, against #48,688 for "Alleen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ablegen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Alleen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #872,519 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ablegen" and "Alleen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alldem vs Alleen". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #872,519 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list