alemán

/[aleˈmãn]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,373

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

alemán is anSpanishadj. It means: Originario, relativo a, o propio de Alemania. Pronounced [aleˈmãn]. It ranks #2,373 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with alma and almas.

Key facts for alemán
PropertyValue
Headwordalemán
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[aleˈmãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,373
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alemán in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alemán is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aleˈmãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,373 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Alemania.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for alemán, with forms such as "aelmán", "alemmán", and "alemná". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alma", "almas", "aleta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Spanish form is alemán, spelled A-L-E-M-Á-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Originario, relativo a, o propio de Alemania.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelmán,alemmán,alemná,alemánn,aleámn,allemán,almeán,laemán

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alemán

Misspelling Variants of "alemán"

aelmán6alemmán7alemná6alemánn7aleámn6allemán7almeán6laemán6
Misspelling Variants of "alemán"

Frequency rank: #2,373 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alemán"?
"alemán" is spelled A-L-E-M-Á-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aleˈmãn].
What does "alemán" mean?
As an adj, "alemán" means: Originario, relativo a, o propio de Alemania.
What words are commonly confused with "alemán"?
"alemán" is commonly confused with "alma", "almas", "aleta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alemán"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alemán" is [aleˈmãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alemán" come from?
"alemán" is a Spanish 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.