Alewit
[aleˈviːt]
The verdict
“Alewit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anhänger des Alevismus, Mitglied einer Religionsgemeinschaft in der Türkei, der etwa 20 Prozent der dortigen Bevölkerung angehören
Corpus desk
Index DE-alewit · Alewit · German
Alewit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alewit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aleˈviːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alewit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alewit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aleˈviːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anhänger des Alevismus, Mitglied einer Religionsgemeinschaft in der Türkei, der etwa 20 Prozent der dortigen Bevölkerung angehören".
Alewit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Alewit, spelled A-L-E-W-I-T.
Definition
- 1Anhänger des Alevismus, Mitglied einer Religionsgemeinschaft in der Türkei, der etwa 20 Prozent der dortigen Bevölkerung angehören
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alewit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist Alewit.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.