allgemein
\al.ɡə.ˈmaɪ̯n\
The verdict
“allgemein” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Général.
Corpus desk
Index FR-allgemein · allgemein · French
allgemein · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allgemein |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \al.ɡə.ˈmaɪ̯n\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
allgemein is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \al.ɡə.ˈmaɪ̯n\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for allgemein, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is allgemein, spelled A-L-L-G-E-M-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Général.
- 2Commun.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allgemein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Bundesrat will die zusätzlichen Ausgaben vollständig kompensieren, sodass dem allgemeinen Bundeshaushalt keine Mehrbelastung entsteht.
Bei Blähungen handelt es sich um übermäßige Gasansammlungen im Magen-Darm-Trakt. (...) Gelegentlich treten weitere Verdauungsbeschwerden wie Verstopfung, Durchfall oder Übelkeit in Erscheinung. Aus all diesen Symptomen rührt ein allgemeines Unwohlsein.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.