Allium cepa
[ˌali̯ʊm ˈt͡seːpa]
The verdict
“Allium cepa” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name für die Küchenzwiebel
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Allium cepa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌali̯ʊm ˈt͡seːpa] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Allium cepa” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Allium cepa is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌali̯ʊm ˈt͡seːpa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "der wissenschaftliche Name für die Küchenzwiebel".
Zero misspellings are on record for Allium cepa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Allium cepa, spelled A-L-L-I-U-M- -C-E-P-A.
Definition
- 1der wissenschaftliche Name für die Küchenzwiebel
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.
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Using “Allium cepa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-L-I-U-M- -C-E-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌali̯ʊm ˈt͡seːpa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
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.