Albert
[ˈalbɛʁt]
The verdict
“Albert” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,293
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-albert · Albert · German
Albert · rank #3,293 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,293
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Akademie
Nearest frequency peer: Akademie (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Albert”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zufolge
zufolge
96,710 corpus weight
- Akademie
Akademie
96,709 corpus weight
- Albert
Albert
96,708 corpus weight
- allzu
allzu
96,707 corpus weight
- Angela
Angela
96,706 corpus weight
- annehmen
annehmen
96,705 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Albert” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Albert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈalbɛʁt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Albert” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Albert (IPA [ˈalbɛʁt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,293 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Albert, with forms such as "ablert", "albbert", and "alberrt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aller", "Alter", "Amber", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Albert, spelled A-L-B-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Albert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Albert ist ein erfolgreicher Kaninchenzüchter.
„Draußen dringen gerade erste Sonnenstrahlen durch den Nebel, als Albert Heiss mit einer veritablen Verbalattacke beginnt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ablert
- albbert
- alberrt
- albertt
- albetr
- albret
- alebrt
- allbert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Albert - 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 "Albert", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Albert". Here's where to go from here.
- "Albert" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "aller". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,293 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.