Alkohol
[ˈalkohoːl]
The verdict
“Alkohol” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,869 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,869
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gängige Bezeichnung für Ethanol
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alkohol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈalkohoːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alkohol” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Alkohol is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈalkohoːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,869 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alkohol, with forms such as "aklohol", "alkhool", and "alkkohol". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Alkohol, spelled A-L-K-O-H-O-L.
Definition
- 1gängige Bezeichnung für Ethanol
- 2gängige Bezeichnung für Ethanol
- 3Bezeichnung für eine Kohlenstoffverbindung mit mindestens einer Hydroxylgruppe als funktionelle Gruppe
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aklohol,alkhool,alkkohol,alkohhol,alkohlo,alkoholl,alkoohl,allkohol,alokhol,lakohol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alkohol - 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 “Alkohol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-K-O-H-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈalkohoːl] (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.