Alleinstellungsmerkmal
[aˈlaɪ̯nʃtɛlʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl]
The verdict
“Alleinstellungsmerkmal” is a German headword at frequency #29,459, used as a noun.
- #29,459
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kennzeichnendes Merkmal, Charakteristikum, das die Einmaligkeit, Unverwechselbarkeit von etwas ausmacht, besonders hinsichtlich seiner Vermarktungsmöglichkeiten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alleinstellungsmerkmal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈlaɪ̯nʃtɛlʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl] |
| Letters | 22 |
| Frequency rank | #29,459 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alleinstellungsmerkmal” sits in German frequency
Spelling & dictionary insight
The German entry for Alleinstellungsmerkmal is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈlaɪ̯nʃtɛlʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,459 in overall German word frequency among 113,935 “A” headwords. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kennzeichnendes Merkmal, Charakteristikum, das die Einmaligkeit, Unverwechselbarkeit von etwas ausmacht, besonders hinsichtlich seiner Vermarktungsmöglichkeiten".
Zero misspellings are on record for Alleinstellungsmerkmal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Alleinstellungsmerkmal, spelled A-L-L-E-I-N-S-T-E-L-L-U-N-G-S-M-E-R-K-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1kennzeichnendes Merkmal, Charakteristikum, das die Einmaligkeit, Unverwechselbarkeit von etwas ausmacht, besonders hinsichtlich seiner Vermarktungsmöglichkeiten
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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 “Alleinstellungsmerkmal”
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- The one correct German spelling is A-L-L-E-I-N-S-T-E-L-L-U-N-G-S-M-E-R-K-M-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.