alacha
"alacha" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alacha” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A kind of cotton cloth from India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alacha · alacha · English
alacha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alacha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alacha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alacha is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A kind of cotton cloth from India.".
alacha doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ultimately of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish آلاجه (alaca), Azerbaijani alaca (“multi-colored”). Also from Turkic: Persian الاچه (alâča), Russian алача́ (alačá), аладжа́ (aladžá). The correct English form is alacha, spelled A-L-A-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1A kind of cotton cloth from India.
Etymology
Ultimately of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish آلاجه (alaca), Azerbaijani alaca (“multi-colored”). Also from Turkic: Persian الاچه (alâča), Russian алача́ (alačá), аладжа́ (aladžá).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.