allegro

[aˈleːɡʁo]

/[aˈleːɡʁo]/ adv

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The verdict

“allegro” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,167
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heiter, ausgelassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-allegro · allegro · German

allegro · rank #36,167 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,167
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH akribisch

Nearest frequency peer: akribisch (-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 „allegro“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „allegro“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

allegro vs aller
71% similar

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

Key facts for allegro
PropertyValue
Headwordallegro
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[aˈleːɡʁo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,167
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „allegro“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).allegroliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „akribisch“ (#36,166), „Allianzen“ (#36,168), „akademisch“ (#36,165). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „allegro“ bei #36,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around allegro (IPA [aˈleːɡʁo]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #36,167 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "heiter, ausgelassen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for allegro, with forms such as "alegro", "alelgro", and "alleggro". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "aller", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is allegro, spelled A-L-L-E-G-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    heiter, ausgelassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Versuchen Sie doch bitte, das Stück allegro zu spielen, danke.

Antonyms

adagioallegrettolargopresto

This word in other languages

allegro(English)allegro(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alegro
  • alelgro
  • alleggro
  • allegor
  • allegrro
  • allergo
  • allgero
  • lalegro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of allegro - 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.

alegro1alelgro2alleggro1allegor2allegrro1allergo2allgero2lalegro2
Edit distance from "allegro"

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 "allegro"?
"allegro" is spelled A-L-L-E-G-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈleːɡʁo].
What does "allegro" mean?
As an adverb, "allegro" means: heiter, ausgelassen
What words are commonly confused with "allegro"?
"allegro" is commonly confused with "aller". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "allegro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allegro" is [aˈleːɡʁo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allegro" come from?
"allegro" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

animals#36,176applied#36,184ziviler#36,141Winkeln#36,135

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

altere8 variantsAdlige8 variantszartes8 variantsbahnt8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list