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“Alexandra” and “Alexandre” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,263
“Alexandra” frequency rank
#26,325
“Alexandre” frequency rank
40588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Alexandra Alexandre
Definition A female given name from Ancient Greek. A male given name from French or Portuguese, equivalent to English Alexander.

Letter map: Alexandra vs Alexandre

Shared letters muted; letters that set Alexandra and Alexandre apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.

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Alexandra
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Alexandre

Corpus notes: Alexandra and Alexandre

Alexandra and Alexandre are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - a in “Alexandra” becomes e in “Alexandre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Alexandra is recorded at frequency rank #14,263, classified as aname, pronounced /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzæn.dɹə/. Alexandre is at rank #26,325, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40588, this pair ranks #266,199 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Alexandra vs Alexandre

Shared letters: adelnrx. Private to "Alexandra": -. Private to "Alexandre": -.

"Alexandra" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCCV  ·  "Alexandre" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Alexandraaelxandra · aleaxndra · alexadnra · alexandar · alexanddra · alexandrra · alexanndra · alexanrda
  • Alexandreaelxandre · aleaxndre · alexadnre · alexanddre · alexandrre · alexanndre · alexanrde · alexnadre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Alexandra" and "Alexandre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - a in “Alexandra” becomes e in “Alexandre”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Alexandra" vs "Alexandre" - which ranks higher?
"Alexandra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,263 in our English list, against #26,325 for "Alexandre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Alexandra" and "Alexandre".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Alexandra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Alexandre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #266,199 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Alexandra" and "Alexandre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Alessandra vs Alexandra". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #266,199 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list