Alpakas

[alˈpakas]

/[alˈpakas]/ noun

The verdict

“Alpakas” is uncommon German (frequency #63,097 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,097
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Alpaka

Corpus desk

Index DE-alpakas · Alpakas · German

Alpakas · rank #63,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,097
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH allergischen

Nearest frequency peer: allergischen (-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 „Alpakas“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alpakas
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlpakas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alˈpakas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alpakas“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „allergischen“ (#63,096), „Alternativmedizin“ (#63,098), „alcohol“ (#63,095). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alpakas“ bei #63,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alpakas is uncommon German at frequency #63,097 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈpakas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Alpakas, 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Alpakas, spelled A-L-P-A-K-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Alpaka
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Alpaka
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Alpaka
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Alpaka
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Alpaka

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 "Alpakas"?
"Alpakas" is spelled A-L-P-A-K-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈpakas].
What does "Alpakas" mean?
As a noun, "Alpakas" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Alpaka
How do you pronounce "Alpakas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alpakas" is [alˈpakas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list