Ahle

[ˈaːlə]

/[ˈaːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ahle” is uncommon German (frequency #89,918 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,918
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Werkzeug, mit dem man Löcher in derbe, feste Materialien, zum Beispiel Leder, machen kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-ahle · Ahle · German

Ahle · rank #89,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,918
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ahmadi

Nearest frequency peer: Ahmadi (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ahle“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ahle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ahle
PropertyValue
HeadwordAhle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaːlə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#89,918
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ahle“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Ahlefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ahmadi“ (#89,919), „affektive“ (#89,916), „Aimée“ (#89,920). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Ahle“ bei #89,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ahle is uncommon German at frequency #89,918 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Werkzeug, mit dem man Löcher in derbe, feste Materialien, zum Beispiel Leder, machen kann".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ahle, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Ahle, spelled A-H-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Werkzeug, mit dem man Löcher in derbe, feste Materialien, zum Beispiel Leder, machen kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ein Schuhmacher benutzt eine Ahle, um Löcher für die Naht in das Leder zu machen.
  2. Neben Schuhmachern benutzen auch Polsterer, Sattler und viele andere Handwerker eine Ahle.

Synonyms

PfriemSpitzbohrer

This word in other languages

awl(English)lezna(Español)alêne(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ahle"?
"Ahle" is spelled A-H-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːlə].
What does "Ahle" mean?
As a noun, "Ahle" means: Werkzeug, mit dem man Löcher in derbe, feste Materialien, zum Beispiel Leder, machen kann
How do you pronounce "Ahle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ahle" is [ˈaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ahle" come from?
"Ahle" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zürn#89,883babi#89,987BMVg#90,055devi#90,135

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list