Aileen

name

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"aileen" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Aileen” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,019
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.

Corpus desk

Index EN-aileen · Aileen · English

Aileen · rank #43,019 · 6 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,019
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH aikido

Nearest frequency peer: aikido (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Aileen”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Aileen” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Aileen vs Allen
67% similar
Aileen vs alien
50% similar
Aileen vs Alden
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Aileen
PropertyValue
HeadwordAileen
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,019
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Aileen”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Aileenlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “aikido” (#43,018), “Akshay” (#43,020), “alkaloids” (#43,022). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Aileen” is #43,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Aileen, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,019 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aileen, with forms such as "aielen", "aileenn", and "ailene". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Allen", "alien", "Alden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Aileen, spelled A-I-L-E-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Aileen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Though her name was Aileen the minister drafted in continually referred to her as Eileen, but neither Louise nor the ramshackle bunch of people who regarded themselves as her mother's friends had bothered to correct him. Louise liked the way 'Eileen' made her mother seem like someone else altogether, a stranger and not her mother.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aielen
  • aileenn
  • ailene
  • ailleen
  • alieen
  • ialeen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aileen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aielen2aileenn1ailene2ailleen1alieen2ialeen2
Edit distance from "Aileen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Aileen"?
"Aileen" is spelled A-I-L-E-E-N.
What does "Aileen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Aileen" means: A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.
What words are commonly confused with "Aileen"?
"Aileen" is commonly confused with "Allen", "alien", "Alden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Aileen" come from?
"Aileen" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aileen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aikido#43,018Akshay#43,020Ariane#43,034Zamora#43,004

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Amato6 variantsAsada6 variantswold6 variantswisp6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list