Alpes
[alp]
The verdict
“Alpes” is uncommon German (frequency #56,743 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,743
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gebirge in Europa; Alpen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alpes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [alp] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alpes” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Alpes is uncommon German at frequency #56,743 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [alp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gebirge in Europa; Alpen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Alpes, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Alpes, spelled A-L-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1Gebirge in Europa; Alpen
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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Using “Alpes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-P-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alp] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.