Alpes

[alp]

/[alp]/ name

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The verdict

“Alpes” is uncommon German (frequency #56,743 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,743
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebirge in Europa; Alpen

Corpus desk

Index DE-alpes · Alpes · German

Alpes · rank #56,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,743
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Almen

Nearest frequency peer: Almen (-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 „Alpes“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alpes
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlpes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[alp]
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,743
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alpes“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Alpesfällt 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: „Almen“ (#56,742), „amar“ (#56,744), „ambient“ (#56,745). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alpes“ bei #56,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alpes is uncommon German at frequency #56,743 among 6,976 “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

  1. 1
    Gebirge in Europa; Alpen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’aime les Alpes.
  2. « Les Alpes peuvent être subdivisées en trois parties[.] »

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 "Alpes"?
"Alpes" is spelled A-L-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [alp].
What does "Alpes" mean?
As a proper noun, "Alpes" means: Gebirge in Europa; Alpen
How do you pronounce "Alpes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alpes" is [alp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alpes" come from?
"Alpes" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Almen#56,742Ägide#56,719wühlt#56,694beuge#56,818

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list