Alannah
"alannah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alannah” is an uncommon English word, ranked #95,670 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #95,670
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from the Celtic languages.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alannah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alannah” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Alannah is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #95,670 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A female given name from the Celtic languages.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Alannah, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Modern variant of Alana, the feminine form of Alan. Also associated with the affectionate Anglo-Irish term of address alanna (“child”). The spelling is influenced by names of Hebrew origin such as Hannah and Susannah. The correct English form is Alannah, spelled A-L-A-N-N-A-H.
Definition
- 1A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Etymology
Modern variant of Alana, the feminine form of Alan. Also associated with the affectionate Anglo-Irish term of address alanna (“child”). The spelling is influenced by names of Hebrew origin such as Hannah and Susannah.
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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Using “Alannah”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-A-N-N-A-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.