allochthon
[alɔxˈtoːn]
The verdict
“allochthon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an anderer Stelle entstanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-allochthon · allochthon · German
allochthon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | allochthon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [alɔxˈtoːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „allochthon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
allochthon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [alɔxˈtoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an anderer Stelle entstanden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for allochthon in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is allochthon, spelled A-L-L-O-C-H-T-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1an anderer Stelle entstanden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allochthon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Mensch hat zahlreiche allochthone Arten auf dem australischen Kontinent eingeführt.
„Er wurde in den sechziger Jahren gezielt als allochthone Art im Viktoriasee ausgesetzt, um in dieser Region einen kommerziell verwendbaren Speisefisch anzusiedeln.“
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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.