Alexa

/[aˈlɛksa]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,854

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Alexa is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [aˈlɛksa]. Often confused with area and Alma.

Key facts for Alexa
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlexa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[aˈlɛksa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,854
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Alexa in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Alexa is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈlɛksa]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,854 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Alexa, with forms such as "aelxa", "aleax", and "alexxa". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "area", "Alma", "alla", 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 German form is Alexa, spelled A-L-E-X-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelxa,aleax,alexxa,allexa,alxea,laexa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Alexa

Misspelling Variants of "Alexa"

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Misspelling Variants of "Alexa"

Frequency rank: #12,854 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Alexa"?
"Alexa" is spelled A-L-E-X-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈlɛksa].
What does "Alexa" mean?
As a name, "Alexa" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Alexa"?
"Alexa" is commonly confused with "area", "Alma", "alla". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Alexa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alexa" is [aˈlɛksa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alexa" come from?
"Alexa" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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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.