Alen

[ˈaːlən]

/[ˈaːlən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Alen” is uncommon German (frequency #73,211 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,211
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - altes, in mehreren nordeuropäischen Ländern verbreitetes Längenmaß

Corpus desk

Index DE-alen · Alen · German

Alen · rank #73,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,211
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alemannische

Nearest frequency peer: Alemannische (-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 „Alen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alen
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaːlən]
Letters4
Frequency rank#73,211
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Alenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Alemannische“ (#73,210), „Afra“ (#73,209), „Allegorien“ (#73,213). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alen“ bei #73,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alen is uncommon German at frequency #73,211 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "altes, in mehreren nordeuropäischen Ländern verbreitetes Längenmaß".

No misspelling variants are generated for Alen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Alen, spelled A-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    altes, in mehreren nordeuropäischen Ländern verbreitetes Längenmaß

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die schwedische Alen ist kürzer als die dänische und norwegische.

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 "Alen"?
"Alen" is spelled A-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːlən].
What does "Alen" mean?
As a noun, "Alen" means: altes, in mehreren nordeuropäischen Ländern verbreitetes Längenmaß
How do you pronounce "Alen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alen" is [ˈaːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alen" come from?
"Alen" 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 "Alen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Afra#73,209Alps#73,216être#73,168Ybbs#73,137

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list