Alpaka

Name: Alpaka, German Word Data
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[alˈpaka]

/[alˈpaka]/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Alpaka” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,966 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#65,966
frequency rank, German: 6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - höckerloses Kamel aus der Familie der Lamas, das in Südamerika beheimatet ist und als Haustier gehalten wird

Key facts for Alpaka
Property	Value
Headword	Alpaka
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[alˈpaka]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#65,966
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Alpaka” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Alpaka lands here:

#65,966

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Alpaka is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alˈpaka]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,966 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Alpaka doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Alpaka, spelled A-L-P-A-K-A.

Definition

1
höckerloses Kamel aus der Familie der Lamas, das in Südamerika beheimatet ist und als Haustier gehalten wird
2
Wolle des Alpakas

Synonyms

Lama pacosAlpakawolle

This word in other languages

alpaca(English)alpaca(Español)alpaga(Français)

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 "Alpaka"?

"Alpaka" is spelled A-L-P-A-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈpaka].

What does "Alpaka" mean?

As a noun, "Alpaka" means: höckerloses Kamel aus der Familie der Lamas, das in Südamerika beheimatet ist und als Haustier gehalten wird

How do you pronounce "Alpaka"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alpaka" is [alˈpaka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Alpaka" come from?

"Alpaka" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “Alpaka”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is A-L-P-A-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [alˈpaka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.