Alprazolam
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The verdict
“Alprazolam” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine mit mittlerer Wirkungsdauer, der zur kurzzeitigen Behandlung von Angst- und Panikstörungen eingesetzt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alprazolam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alprazolam” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Alprazolam is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine mit mittlerer Wirkungsdauer, der zur kurzzeitigen Behandlung von Angst- und Panikstörungen eingesetzt wird".
Alprazolam doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Alprazolam, spelled A-L-P-R-A-Z-O-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Benzodiazepine mit mittlerer Wirkungsdauer, der zur kurzzeitigen Behandlung von Angst- und Panikstörungen eingesetzt wird
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Alprazolam”
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- The one correct German spelling is A-L-P-R-A-Z-O-L-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.