avalanche

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The verdict

“avalanche” is uncommon German (frequency #87,444 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,444
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große Masse aus Schnee und Eis, die von einem Berg ins Tal stürzt; Lawine

Corpus desk

Index DE-avalanche · avalanche · German

avalanche · rank #87,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,444
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH autokratischen

Nearest frequency peer: autokratischen (-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 „avalanche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for avalanche
PropertyValue
Headwordavalanche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „avalanche“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).avalanchefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „autokratischen“ (#87,443), „autofreien“ (#87,442), „Babyboomer“ (#87,446). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „avalanche“ bei #87,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avalanche is uncommon German at frequency #87,444 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

avalanche has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is avalanche, spelled A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    große Masse aus Schnee und Eis, die von einem Berg ins Tal stürzt; Lawine
  2. 2
    große, herabstürzende Masse aus anderem Material, zum Beispiel Stein, Geröll, Felsen, Erde, Schlamm; Lawine
  3. 3
    überwältigende Menge; Lawine, Flut

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He was buried by an avalanche.
  2. "However, when this route was attempted, the mountain discharged an avalanche of stone upon the climbers …."

Synonyms

snowslidelandslidefloodoverflow

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 "avalanche"?
"avalanche" is spelled A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "avalanche" mean?
As a noun, "avalanche" means: große Masse aus Schnee und Eis, die von einem Berg ins Tal stürzt; Lawine
How do you pronounce "avalanche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avalanche" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aushöhlen#87,433Bauweisen#87,459Begehrens#87,463Aufwandes#87,424

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list