alla

/[…]/ det

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,004

in German word usage

Misspellings

1

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

alla is aGermandet. It means: Zusammensetzung der Präposition a und dem Artikel la Pronounced […]. Often confused with als and alt.

Key facts for alla
PropertyValue
Headwordalla
LanguageGerman
Part of speechDet
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,004
Misspellings tracked1
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alla in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for alla is 4 letters long, classified as adet, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,004 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zusammensetzung der Präposition a und dem Artikel la".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 1 documented wrong-spelling variant for alla, including "alal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "als", "alt", "aua", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is alla, spelled A-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zusammensetzung der Präposition a und dem Artikel la

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alla

Misspelling Variants of "alla"

alal4
Misspelling Variants of "alla"

Frequency rank: #23,004 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alla"?
"alla" is spelled A-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "alla" mean?
As a det, "alla" means: Zusammensetzung der Präposition a und dem Artikel la
What words are commonly confused with "alla"?
"alla" is commonly confused with "als", "alt", "aua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alla" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alla" come from?
"alla" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.