Alan
[ˈɑːlãn]
The verdict
“Alan” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,713
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bretonischer männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-alan · Alan · German
Alan · rank #7,713 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,713
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Akzeptanz
Nearest frequency peer: Akzeptanz (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Alan“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Abteilungen
Abteilungen
92,291 corpus weight
- Abwesenheit
Abwesenheit
92,290 corpus weight
- Akzeptanz
Akzeptanz
92,289 corpus weight
- Alan
Alan
92,288 corpus weight
- allesamt
allesamt
92,287 corpus weight
- angegebenen
angegebenen
92,286 corpus weight
What this shows „Alan“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Alan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɑːlãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Alan“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Alan (IPA [ˈɑːlãn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,713 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bretonischer männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alan, with forms such as "aaln", "alann", and "allan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "als", "alt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Alan, spelled A-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1bretonischer männlicher Vorname
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aaln
- alann
- allan
- alna
- laan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alan - 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 "Alan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).