Alessandro
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The verdict
“Alessandro” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #25,028 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #25,028
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - italienischer männlicher Vorname
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alessandro |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alessandro” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Alessandro is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,028 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "italienischer männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alessandro, with forms such as "aelssandro", "alesandro", and "alesasndro". 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, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Alessandro, spelled A-L-E-S-S-A-N-D-R-O.
Definition
- 1italienischer männlicher Vorname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aelssandro,alesandro,alesasndro,alessadnro,alessanddro,alessandor,alessandrro,alessanndro,alessanrdo,alessnadro,aleßandro,allessandro,alsesandro,laessandro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alessandro - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Alessandro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-E-S-S-A-N-D-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “of” - see the side-by-side comparison. Alessandro vs of
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.