Alzenau

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The verdict

“Alzenau” is uncommon German (frequency #58,529 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,529
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-alzenau · Alzenau · German

Alzenau · rank #58,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,529
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH americana

Nearest frequency peer: americana (+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 „Alzenau“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alzenau
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlzenau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,529
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alzenau“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Alzenaufällt 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: „americana“ (#58,530), „Amrum“ (#58,531), „Amtssitz“ (#58,532). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alzenau“ bei #58,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alzenau is uncommon German at frequency #58,529 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Alzenau, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Alzenau, spelled A-L-Z-E-N-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
  2. 2
    früherer Name der Gemeinde Olcnava, Slowakei
  3. 3
    früherer Name des Ortes Olszanka, Woiwodschaft Oppeln, Polen
  4. 4
    früherer Name des Ortes Hałcnów, Bielsko-Biała, Schlesien, Polen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alzenau liegt in Deutschlands Südosten.
  2. Die früher Alzenau genannte Gemeinde Olcnava liegt im Osten der Slowakei.

Synonyms

OlznauAlzen

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 "Alzenau"?
"Alzenau" is spelled A-L-Z-E-N-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Alzenau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Alzenau" means: eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Alzenau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alzenau" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alzenau" come from?
"Alzenau" 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 "Alzenau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Adliger#58,517Abtritt#58,514abbrach#58,505zielten#58,476

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list