# Alps

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ælps/ · frequency rank #13,656

## Definitions
1. A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin Alpēsder.
Middle French Alpesbor.
Middle English Alpes
English Alps
From Middle English Alpes, from Old English Alpis, ultimately from Latin Alpēs; in later use partly via French. Compare German Alpen (“alps”, plurale tantum), German Alp (“mountainous pasture”).

## Easily confused with
- **as** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-as)
- **AP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-ap)
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-ass)
- **App** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-app)
- **alt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-alt)
- **amp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-amp)
- **apt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-apt)
- **API** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-api)
- **ATP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-atp)
- **ape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-ape)
- **als** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-als)
- **apa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-apa)
- **ans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-ans)
- **APC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-apc)
- **AWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-aws)
- **APS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-aps)
- **asp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-asp)
- **APK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-apk)
- **ARP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-arp)
- **Avs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alps-vs-avs)

## Common misspellings (5)
`allps`, `alpps`, `alpss`, `alsp`, `apls`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alps