allowance
[əˈlaʊəns]
The verdict
“allowance” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anerkennung, Erlaubnis, Vergünstigung
Corpus desk
Index DE-allowance · allowance · German
allowance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | allowance |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [əˈlaʊəns] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „allowance“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
allowance is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈlaʊəns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for allowance in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is allowance, spelled A-L-L-O-W-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Anerkennung, Erlaubnis, Vergünstigung
- 2geldliche Zuwendung, Zuteilung, Gehalt, Lohn, Taschengeld
- 3Wiedererstattung
- 4Nachsicht
- 5Ration
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allowance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"'And for the storing of your cellars in the last season with the due allowance of Gascon wine," interrupted the Jew; "but that--that is small matters.'"
"'Be so kind, Percival, as to make allowances for my foreign habit of going out with the ladies, as well as coming in with them.'"
Synonyms
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.