alzheimer

/[alzajmɛʁ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,551

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

alzheimer is aGermannoun. It means: Alzheimer, Alzheimerkrankheit, Alzheimer-Krankheit Pronounced [alzajmɛʁ].

Key facts for alzheimer
PropertyValue
Headwordalzheimer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alzajmɛʁ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,551
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alzheimer in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for alzheimer is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alzajmɛʁ]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,551 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alzheimer, Alzheimerkrankheit, Alzheimer-Krankheit".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for alzheimer, with forms such as "alhzeimer", "allzheimer", and "alzehimer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is alzheimer, spelled A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alzheimer, Alzheimerkrankheit, Alzheimer-Krankheit

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alhzeimer,allzheimer,alzehimer,alzheiemr,alzheimerr,alzheimmer,alzheimre,alzhemier,alzhheimer,alzhiemer,alzzheimer,azlheimer,lazheimer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alzheimer

Misspelling Variants of "alzheimer"

alhzeimer9allzheimer10alzehimer9alzheiemr9alzheimerr10alzheimmer10alzheimre9alzhemier9
Misspelling Variants of "alzheimer"

Frequency rank: #15,551 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alzheimer"?
"alzheimer" is spelled A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [alzajmɛʁ].
What does "alzheimer" mean?
As a noun, "alzheimer" means: Alzheimer, Alzheimerkrankheit, Alzheimer-Krankheit
What are common misspellings of "alzheimer"?
Common misspellings include "alhzeimer", "allzheimer", "alzehimer", "alzheiemr", "alzheimerr". The correct spelling is "alzheimer".
How do you pronounce "alzheimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alzheimer" is [alzajmɛʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alzheimer" come from?
"alzheimer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.