Aaron
/ˈɛəɹ.ən/
"aaron" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aaron” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,815
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aaron · Aaron · English
Aaron · rank #4,815 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,815
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH wound
Nearest frequency peer: wound (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Aaron”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- warrant
warrant
95,189 corpus weight
- wider
wider
95,188 corpus weight
- wound
wound
95,187 corpus weight
- Aaron
Aaron
95,186 corpus weight
- actively
actively
95,185 corpus weight
- Afghanistan
Afghanistan
95,184 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Aaron” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Aaron |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛəɹ.ən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aaron” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Aaron (IPA /ˈɛəɹ.ən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,815 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aaron, with forms such as "aaorn", "aarno", and "aaronn". 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, "aro", "ARN", "Avon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested t… The correct English form is Aaron, spelled A-A-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew.
- 3A surname transferred from the given name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aaron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and hee said, Is not Aaron the Leuite thy brother? I know that he can speake well.
- - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!
Etymology
From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”. Doublet of Harun.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aaorn
- aarno
- aaronn
- aarron
- araon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aaron - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aaron", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.