alpin

\al.pɛ̃\

/\al.pɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“alpin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,560
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Alpes ; qui croît, qui habite, ou qui se trouve sur ou dans celles-ci.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alpin · alpin · French

alpin · rank #15,560 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,560
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alt

Nearest frequency peer: alt (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « alpin »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « alpin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

alpin vs API
0% similar
alpin vs amin
60% similar
alpin vs aubin
60% similar

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

Key facts for alpin
PropertyValue
Headwordalpin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\al.pɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,560
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alpin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).alpinse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alt » (#15,561), « aisance » (#15,558), « amalgame » (#15,562). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alpin » est au #15,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around alpin (IPA \al.pɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,560 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for alpin, with forms such as "alipn", "allpin", and "alpinn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "API", "amin", "aubin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is alpin, spelled A-L-P-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux Alpes ; qui croît, qui habite, ou qui se trouve sur ou dans celles-ci.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux hautes montagnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mot « alpin » a pris chez les botanistes et les géographes, un sens mondial, il désigne, avec plus ou moins de netteté, ce qui a trait aux hautes montagnes. On parle, par exemple, de l'étage alpin des Montagnes Rocheuses.
  2. Comme ces plantes alpines dont la racine est plongée dans des glaces éternelles…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alipn
  • allpin
  • alpinn
  • alpni
  • alppin
  • aplin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alpin - 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.

alipn2allpin1alpinn1alpni2alppin1aplin2
Edit distance from "alpin"

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 "alpin"?
"alpin" is spelled A-L-P-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \al.pɛ̃\.
What does "alpin" mean?
As an adjective, "alpin" means: Relatif aux Alpes ; qui croît, qui habite, ou qui se trouve sur ou dans celles-ci.
What words are commonly confused with "alpin"?
"alpin" is commonly confused with "API", "amin", "aubin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alpin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alpin" is \al.pɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alpin" come from?
"alpin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list