Allee

[aˈleː]

/[aˈleː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Allee” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,502) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,502
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf beiden Seiten von Bäumen begrenzte, lange und gerade Straße

Corpus desk

Index DE-allee · Allee · German

Allee · rank #9,502 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,502
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH akademischen

Nearest frequency peer: akademischen (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Allee“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Allee“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Allee vs ALTE
20% similar
Allee vs Aloe
60% similar
Allee vs Alpe
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Allee
PropertyValue
HeadwordAllee
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈleː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,502
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Allee“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Alleeliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „akademischen“ (#9,501), „angehalten“ (#9,503), „act“ (#9,500). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Allee“ bei #9,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Allee is neighbouring look-alikes ("ALTE", "Aloe", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [aˈleː]. Frequency #9,502 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "auf beiden Seiten von Bäumen begrenzte, lange und gerade Straße".

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Allee, with forms such as "alee", "alele", and "lalee". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ALTE", "Aloe", "Alpe", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Allee, spelled A-L-L-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf beiden Seiten von Bäumen begrenzte, lange und gerade Straße

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Allee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Eine Allee ist eine lange, gerade auf beiden Seiten von Bäumen begrenzte Straße oder Weg.
  2. „‚Die neuen Bundesländer im Osten sind voll schöner Alleen, wie wir sie im Westen kaum noch kennen‘, schwärmt die Motorwelt, das Mitteilungsblatt des mächtigen Verbandes, ohne Gewissensbisse: ‚So soll es bleiben.‘“

Synonyms

BaumalleeBaumstraße

This word in other languages

avenue(English)avenida(Español)allée(Français)avenida(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alee
  • alele
  • lalee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Allee - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alee1alele2lalee2
Edit distance from "Allee"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Allee"?
"Allee" is spelled A-L-L-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈleː].
What does "Allee" mean?
As a noun, "Allee" means: auf beiden Seiten von Bäumen begrenzte, lange und gerade Straße
What words are commonly confused with "Allee"?
"Allee" is commonly confused with "ALTE", "Aloe", "Alpe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Allee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Allee" is [aˈleː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Allee" come from?
"Allee" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Allee", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ämter#9,489Edith#9,529Tonne#9,468Tarif#9,466

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list