allzu

/[ˈalt͡suː]/ adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,294

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

allzu is anGermanadv. It means: verstärktes zu; zu sehr, in zu hohem Grade Pronounced [ˈalt͡suː]. It ranks #3,294 in German word frequency. Often confused with Alu and alle.

Key facts for allzu
PropertyValue
Headwordallzu
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ˈalt͡suː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,294
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of allzu in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for allzu is 5 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈalt͡suː]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,294 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "verstärktes zu; zu sehr, in zu hohem Grade".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for allzu, with forms such as "alluz", "allzzu", and "alzlu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Alu", "alle", "alla", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is allzu, spelled A-L-L-Z-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    verstärktes zu; zu sehr, in zu hohem Grade

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alluz,allzzu,alzlu,alzu,lalzu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for allzu

Misspelling Variants of "allzu"

alluz5allzzu6alzlu5alzu4lalzu5
Misspelling Variants of "allzu"

Frequency rank: #3,294 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "allzu"?
"allzu" is spelled A-L-L-Z-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈalt͡suː].
What does "allzu" mean?
As an adv, "allzu" means: verstärktes zu; zu sehr, in zu hohem Grade
What words are commonly confused with "allzu"?
"allzu" is commonly confused with "Alu", "alle", "alla". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "allzu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allzu" is [ˈalt͡suː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allzu" come from?
"allzu" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.