Aale
[ˈaːlə]
The verdict
“Aale” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,176) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #47,176
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular des Substantivs Aal
Corpus desk
Index DE-aale · Aale · German
Aale · rank #47,176 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,176
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Aare
Nearest frequency peer: Aare (+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.
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Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːlə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #47,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Aale“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Aale is neighbouring look-alikes ("ae", "als", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈaːlə]. Frequency #47,176 among 6,976 “A” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aale, with forms such as "aael", "aalle", and "alae". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ae", "als", "alt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Aale, spelled A-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular des Substantivs Aal
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Aal
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Aal
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Aal
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aael
- aalle
- alae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aale - 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.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aale", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).