alarmierend
[alaʁˈmiːʁənt]
The verdict
“alarmierend” is uncommon German (frequency #52,635 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,635
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Alarm auslösend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alarmierend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [alaʁˈmiːʁənt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alarmierend” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alarmierend is uncommon German at frequency #52,635 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [alaʁˈmiːʁənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Alarm auslösend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for alarmierend in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is alarmierend, spelled A-L-A-R-M-I-E-R-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1einen Alarm auslösend
This word in other languages
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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Using “alarmierend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-A-R-M-I-E-R-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alaʁˈmiːʁənt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.