Alfred
[ˈalfʁeːt]
The verdict
“Alfred” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,937 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #3,937
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alfred |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈalfʁeːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alfred” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Alfred is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈalfʁeːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,937 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alfred, with forms such as "aflred", "alferd", and "alffred". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Alfred, spelled A-L-F-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aflred,alferd,alffred,alfrde,alfredd,alfrred,allfred,alrfed,lafred
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alfred - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Alfred”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-F-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈalfʁeːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.