alley
[ælɪ]
The verdict
“alley” is uncommon German (frequency #67,968 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,968
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmale Gasse, Verbindungsgang, Durchgang, Bahn, Allee, Gang, Gartenweg, Gässchen, Pfad, Weg
Corpus desk
Index DE-alley · alley · German
alley · rank #67,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,968
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Allens
Nearest frequency peer: Allens (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „alley“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- advice
advice
32,039 corpus weight
- Aikido
Aikido
32,037 corpus weight
- akzeptabler
akzeptabler
32,036 corpus weight
- Allens
Allens
32,034 corpus weight
- alley
alley
32,033 corpus weight
- allmählichen
allmählichen
32,031 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „alley“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alley |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ælɪ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „alley“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
alley is uncommon German at frequency #67,968 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ælɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for alley in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is alley, spelled A-L-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1schmale Gasse, Verbindungsgang, Durchgang, Bahn, Allee, Gang, Gartenweg, Gässchen, Pfad, Weg
- 2Spielbahn (z.B. einer Bowlingbahn)
- 3ein Weg in einem Garten oder Park, der von Bäumen gesäumt ist, Parkweg
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alley appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"He turned and walked slowly down the alley in the opposite direction of Francis Deveneau and Tressa Walker."
This word in other languages
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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