Alpenraum
[ˈalpn̩ˌʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Alpenraum” is uncommon German (frequency #61,262 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,262
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Gebiete an und in den Alpen; dazu werden Gebiete der Länder Frankreich, Monaco, Italien, Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Deutschland, Österreich und Slowenien gerechnet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alpenraum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈalpn̩ˌʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alpenraum” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Alpenraum is uncommon German at frequency #61,262 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈalpn̩ˌʁaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit der Gebiete an und in den Alpen; dazu werden Gebiete der Länder Frankreich, Monaco, Italien, Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Deutschland, Österreich und Slowenien gerechnet".
No misspelling variants are generated for Alpenraum in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Alpenraum, spelled A-L-P-E-N-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der Gebiete an und in den Alpen; dazu werden Gebiete der Länder Frankreich, Monaco, Italien, Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Deutschland, Österreich und Slowenien gerechnet
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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.
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- The one correct German spelling is A-L-P-E-N-R-A-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.