Alluvium
[aˈluːvi̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Alluvium” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jüngste Epoche der Erdgeschichte; wörtlich „das Angeschwemmte“
Corpus desk
Index DE-alluvium · Alluvium · German
Alluvium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Alluvium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈluːvi̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alluvium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alluvium is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈluːvi̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jüngste Epoche der Erdgeschichte; wörtlich „das Angeschwemmte“".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Alluvium, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Alluvium, spelled A-L-L-U-V-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1jüngste Epoche der Erdgeschichte; wörtlich „das Angeschwemmte“
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alluvium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Alluvium folgte dem Diluvium.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.