Alphabet
[alfaˈbeːt]
The verdict
“Alphabet” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #15,550 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,550
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - geordnete Menge der in einer Schriftsprache verwendeten Buchstaben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alphabet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alfaˈbeːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alphabet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Alphabet is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alfaˈbeːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,550 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alphabet, with forms such as "alhpabet", "allphabet", and "alpahbet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Alphabet, spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T.
Definition
- 1geordnete Menge der in einer Schriftsprache verwendeten Buchstaben
- 2eine endliche, nichtleere Menge von unterscheidbaren Symbolen (Zeichen) als Voraussetzung einer formalen Sprache
- 3eine Folge von 23 Druckbogen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alhpabet,allphabet,alpahbet,alphabbet,alphabett,alphabte,alphaebt,alphbaet,alphhabet,alpphabet,aplhabet,laphabet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alphabet - 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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Using “Alphabet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alfaˈbeːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.