alleine

/[aˈlaɪ̯nə]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#946

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

alleine is anGermanadj. It means: nicht dekliniert, allein; für sich, ohne weitere Person Pronounced [aˈlaɪ̯nə]. It ranks #946 in German word frequency. Often confused with allen and alpine.

Key facts for alleine
PropertyValue
Headwordalleine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[aˈlaɪ̯nə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#946
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for alleine is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈlaɪ̯nə]. Corpus data places it at rank #946 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nicht dekliniert, allein; für sich, ohne weitere Person".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for alleine, with forms such as "aleine", "aleline", and "alleien". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "allen", "alpine", "Anleihe", 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 alleine, spelled A-L-L-E-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht dekliniert, allein; für sich, ohne weitere Person

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aleine,aleline,alleien,alleinne,allenie,alliene,laleine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alleine

Misspelling Variants of "alleine"

aleine6aleline7alleien7alleinne8allenie7alliene7laleine7
Misspelling Variants of "alleine"

Frequency rank: #946 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alleine"?
"alleine" is spelled A-L-L-E-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈlaɪ̯nə].
What does "alleine" mean?
As an adj, "alleine" means: nicht dekliniert, allein; für sich, ohne weitere Person
What words are commonly confused with "alleine"?
"alleine" is commonly confused with "allen", "alpine", "Anleihe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alleine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alleine" is [aˈlaɪ̯nə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alleine" come from?
"alleine" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.