allot
[əlɒt]
The verdict
“allot” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - zuteilen, verteilen, austeilen
Corpus desk
Index DE-allot · allot · German
allot · 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 | allot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əlɒt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „allot“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
allot is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əlɒt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for allot, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is allot, spelled A-L-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1zuteilen, verteilen, austeilen
- 2bewilligen, abtreten
- 3bestimmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how allot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"This method, then, professes to allot the different forms of cutaneous disorder into orders, genera, and species, and from the peculiarities supposed to characterize the appearance of each, to endue such form or genus with a distinct entity and appellation."
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.