Allemagne

\al.maɲ\

/\al.maɲ\/ name

The verdict

“Allemagne” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #731 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#731
frequency rank, French
9
letters
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays situé sur le continent européen ayant des frontières terrestres avec neuf pays : les Pays-Bas et la Belgique à l'ouest, le Luxembourg et la France au sud-ouest, la Suisse et l’Autriche au sud,...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Allemagne vs allemand
67% similar
Allemagne vs allumage
67% similar
Allemagne vs Allemande
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Allemagne
PropertyValue
HeadwordAllemagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\al.maɲ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#731
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Allemagne” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Allemagne lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Allemagne is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \al.maɲ\. Corpus data places it at rank #731 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pays situé sur le continent européen ayant des frontières terrestres avec neuf pays : les Pays-Bas et la Belgique à l'ouest, le Luxembourg et la France au sud-ouest, la Suisse et l’Autriche au sud,...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Allemagne, with forms such as "alelmagne", "alemagne", and "alleamgne". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "allemand", "allumage", "Allemande", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Allemagne, spelled A-L-L-E-M-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays situé sur le continent européen ayant des frontières terrestres avec neuf pays : les Pays-Bas et la Belgique à l'ouest, le Luxembourg et la France au sud-ouest, la Suisse et l’Autriche au sud, la République tchèque au sud-est, la Pologne à l’est et le Danemark au nord, et ayant des frontières maritimes avec la mer du Nord et la mer Baltique, et dont la capitale est Berlin.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alelmagne,alemagne,alleamgne,allemagen,allemaggne,allemagnne,allemange,allemgane,allemmagne,allmeagne,lalemagne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Allemagne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

alelmagne2alemagne1alleamgne2allemagen2allemaggne1allemagnne1allemange2allemgane2
Edit distance from "Allemagne"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Allemagne"?
"Allemagne" is spelled A-L-L-E-M-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \al.maɲ\.
What does "Allemagne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Allemagne" means: Pays situé sur le continent européen ayant des frontières terrestres avec neuf pays : les Pays-Bas et la Belgique à l'ouest, le Luxembourg et la France au sud-ouest, la Suisse et l’Autriche au sud,...
What words are commonly confused with "Allemagne"?
"Allemagne" is commonly confused with "allemand", "allumage", "Allemande". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Allemagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Allemagne" is \al.maɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Allemagne" come from?
"Allemagne" is a French 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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Using “Allemagne”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-L-L-E-M-A-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \al.maɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “allemand” - see the side-by-side comparison. Allemagne vs allemand
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list