adeligen

/[ˈaːdəlɪɡn̩]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,178

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

adeligen is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig Pronounced [ˈaːdəlɪɡn̩]. Often confused with Adlige and adligen.

Key facts for adeligen
PropertyValue
Headwordadeligen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈaːdəlɪɡn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,178
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of adeligen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for adeligen is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaːdəlɪɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,178 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for adeligen, with forms such as "addeligen", "adeilgen", and "adelgien". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Adlige", "adligen", "adelige", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is adeligen, spelled A-D-E-L-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addeligen,adeilgen,adelgien,adeliegn,adeligenn,adeliggen,adeligne,adelligen,adleigen,aedligen,daeligen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adeligen

Misspelling Variants of "adeligen"

addeligen9adeilgen8adelgien8adeliegn8adeligenn9adeliggen9adeligne8adelligen9
Misspelling Variants of "adeligen"

Frequency rank: #27,178 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adeligen"?
"adeligen" is spelled A-D-E-L-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːdəlɪɡn̩].
What does "adeligen" mean?
As an adj, "adeligen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adelig
What words are commonly confused with "adeligen"?
"adeligen" is commonly confused with "Adlige", "adligen", "adelige". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adeligen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adeligen" is [ˈaːdəlɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adeligen" come from?
"adeligen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.