Alexander
[ˌalɛˈksandɐ]
The verdict
“Alexander” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,650. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,650
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-alexander · Alexander · German
Alexander · rank #1,650 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,650
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH öffentlich
Nearest frequency peer: öffentlich (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Alexander“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Wirkung
Wirkung
98,354 corpus weight
- zeigte
zeigte
98,353 corpus weight
- öffentlich
öffentlich
98,352 corpus weight
- Alexander
Alexander
98,351 corpus weight
- Anlage
Anlage
98,350 corpus weight
- arme
arme
98,349 corpus weight
What this shows „Alexander“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Alexander |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌalɛˈksandɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Alexander“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Alexander (IPA [ˌalɛˈksandɐ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,650 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alexander, with forms such as "aelxander", "aleaxnder", and "alexadner". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Alexandra", "Alexandre", "Alexanders", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Alexander, spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alexander appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich kenne Alexander nun schon seit zwölf Jahren.
„Der jüngere Bruder, Alexander, war wortkarg und schwächlich, man mußte ihn zu allem ermutigen, seine Noten waren mittelmäßig.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aelxander
- aleaxnder
- alexadner
- alexandder
- alexanderr
- alexanedr
- alexannder
- alexnader
- alexxander
- allexander
- alxeander
- laexander
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alexander - 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 "Alexander", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).