alors

[alɔːʀ]

/[alɔːʀ]/ adv

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The verdict

“alors” is uncommon German (frequency #92,562 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,562
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu jener Zeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-alors · alors · German

alors · rank #92,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,562
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alpinisten

Nearest frequency peer: Alpinisten (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „alors“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „alors“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alors
PropertyValue
Headwordalors
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[alɔːʀ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,562
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „alors“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).alorsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Alpinisten“ (#92,563), „allgemeinbildende“ (#92,559), „amount“ (#92,565). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „alors“ bei #92,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alors is uncommon German at frequency #92,562 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [alɔːʀ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alors, 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is alors, spelled A-L-O-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu jener Zeit
  2. 2
    unter diesen Umständen
  3. 3
    also

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how alors appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il avait alors onze ans.
  2. Il a toujours raison, alors je ne lui parle plus.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alors"?
"alors" is spelled A-L-O-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is [alɔːʀ].
What does "alors" mean?
As an adverb, "alors" means: zu jener Zeit
How do you pronounce "alors"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alors" is [alɔːʀ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alors" come from?
"alors" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alors", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apply#92,588aurum#92,612Bache#92,629Bantu#92,634

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list