alpine

[alˈpiːnə]

/[alˈpiːnə]/ adj

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The verdict

“alpine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,488
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin

Corpus desk

Index DE-alpine · alpine · German

alpine · rank #20,488 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,488
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Amoklauf

Nearest frequency peer: Amoklauf (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „alpine“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „alpine“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alpine vs Alwin
50% similar
alpine vs alpinen
86% similar
alpine vs Alpe
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alpine
PropertyValue
Headwordalpine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[alˈpiːnə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,488
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „alpine“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.alpineliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Amoklauf“ (#20,489), „allergisch“ (#20,486), „Anarchie“ (#20,490). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „alpine“ bei #20,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around alpine (IPA [alˈpiːnə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,488 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for alpine, with forms such as "alipne", "allpine", and "alpien". 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. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Alwin", "alpinen", "Alpe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 alpine, spelled A-L-P-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alipne
  • allpine
  • alpien
  • alpinne
  • alpnie
  • alppine
  • apline
  • lapine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alpine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

alipne2allpine1alpien2alpinne1alpnie2alppine1apline2lapine2
Edit distance from "alpine"

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 "alpine"?
"alpine" is spelled A-L-P-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈpiːnə].
What does "alpine" mean?
As an adjective, "alpine" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs alpin
What words are commonly confused with "alpine"?
"alpine" is commonly confused with "Alwin", "alpinen", "Alpe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alpine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alpine" is [alˈpiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alpine" come from?
"alpine" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list