Aborigine
/ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/
"aborigine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aborigine” is an uncommon English word, ranked #82,964 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,964
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aborigine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aborigine” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Aborigine is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/. Corpus data places it at rank #82,964 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Aborigine, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from Aborigines. The correct English form is Aborigine, spelled A-B-O-R-I-G-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.
Etymology
Back-formation from Aborigines.
Synonyms
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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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- The one correct English spelling is A-B-O-R-I-G-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.