alda
[ˈalda]
The verdict
“alda” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #41,005) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #41,005
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (große, hohe) Welle, Wellengang
Corpus desk
Index DE-alda · alda · German
alda · rank #41,005 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,005
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Advokat
Nearest frequency peer: Advokat (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „alda“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Abrahams
Abrahams
59,000 corpus weight
- Abschätzung
Abschätzung
58,999 corpus weight
- Abwahl
Abwahl
58,998 corpus weight
- Advokat
Advokat
58,997 corpus weight
- alda
alda
58,996 corpus weight
- Altenberg
Altenberg
58,992 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „alda“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | alda |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈalda] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „alda“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for alda is neighbouring look-alikes ("als", "and", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈalda]. Frequency #41,005 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "(große, hohe) Welle, Wellengang".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for alda, with forms such as "adla", "alad", and "aldda". 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, "als", "and", "alt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is alda, spelled A-L-D-A.
Definition
- 1(große, hohe) Welle, Wellengang
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adla
- alad
- aldda
- allda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alda - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "alda", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).