allel
[aˈleːl]
The verdict
“allel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft eines Gens, das in verschiedenen Ausprägungen vorliegt; das Allel betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-allel · allel · German
allel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aˈleːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „allel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
allel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aˈleːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft eines Gens, das in verschiedenen Ausprägungen vorliegt; das Allel betreffend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for allel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is allel, spelled A-L-L-E-L.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft eines Gens, das in verschiedenen Ausprägungen vorliegt; das Allel betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how allel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Besonders allele Gene stehen in direkter Konkurrenz, also solche, die an der gleichen Stelle im Genom sitzen können und die gleiche Aufgabe erfüllen, sich aber darin voneinander unterscheiden können, wie sie diese Aufgabe erfüllen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.