alpha
[alfa]
The verdict
“alpha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,889
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erster Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets; Alpha
Corpus desk
Index DE-alpha · alpha · German
alpha · rank #6,889 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,889
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abwechslung
Nearest frequency peer: Abwechslung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “alpha”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- absichtlich
absichtlich
93,115 corpus weight
- Abwechslung
Abwechslung
93,113 corpus weight
- alpha
alpha
93,112 corpus weight
- Amtsgericht
Amtsgericht
93,111 corpus weight
- ansprechen
ansprechen
93,110 corpus weight
- aufgerufen
aufgerufen
93,109 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “alpha” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alpha |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alfa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “alpha” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around alpha (IPA [alfa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,889 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "erster Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets; Alpha".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for alpha, with forms such as "alhpa", "allpha", and "alpah". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "apa", "Alta", "alpin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is alpha, spelled A-L-P-H-A.
Definition
- 1erster Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets; Alpha
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alhpa
- allpha
- alpah
- alphha
- alppha
- aplha
- lapha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alpha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alpha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "alpha". Here's where to go from here.
- "alpha" maps to 15 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "apa". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,889 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.