aladdin
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "aladdin", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "aladdin" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "aladdin" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Aladdin is aEnglishname. It means: Alternative form of Alauddin. Pronounced /əˈlædɪn/. Often confused with Alain and aldrin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aladdin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /əˈlædɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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The English entry for Aladdin is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈlædɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,449 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aladdin, with forms such as "aalddin", "aladdinn", and "aladdni". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Alain", "aldrin", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic عَلَاءُ الدِّين (ʕalāʔu d-dīn, “nobility of the faith”). Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Aladdin, spelled A-L-A-D-D-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Alauddin.
- 2Alternative form of Alaeddin.
- 3An Arabic tale about a young man named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer to get a magic lamp from a cave; often adapted into comic pantomime in Britain.
- 4The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story.
Etymology
From Arabic عَلَاءُ الدِّين (ʕalāʔu d-dīn, “nobility of the faith”).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aalddin,aladdinn,aladdni,aladidn,aladin,aldadin,alladdin,laaddin
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Misspelling Variants of "Aladdin"
Frequency rank: #23,449 in English
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