aal
"aal" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aal” is uncommon English (frequency #65,661 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,661
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aal · aal · English
aal · rank #65,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,661
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH A1C
Nearest frequency peer: A1C (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “aal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- A1C
A1C
34,341 corpus weight
- aal
aal
34,340 corpus weight
- abhorred
abhorred
34,338 corpus weight
- ablative
ablative
34,337 corpus weight
- acerbic
acerbic
34,335 corpus weight
- adjoint
adjoint
34,332 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aal is uncommon English at frequency #65,661 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
aal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, “crown flower; kind of dye”). The correct English form is aal, spelled A-A-L.
Definition
- 1The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
- 2A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.
Etymology
Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, “crown flower; kind of dye”).
Synonyms
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).