Alaric
"alaric" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alaric” is uncommon English (frequency #50,924 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,924
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A historic king of the Visigoths.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alaric · Alaric · English
Alaric · rank #50,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,924
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH agglomeration
Nearest frequency peer: agglomeration (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Alaric”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aesop
Aesop
49,079 corpus weight
- agglomerati…
agglomeration
49,078 corpus weight
- Alaric
Alaric
49,077 corpus weight
- alchemists
alchemists
49,076 corpus weight
- Alissa
Alissa
49,075 corpus weight
- Alix
Alix
49,074 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Alaric” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alaric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Alaric” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Alaric is uncommon English at frequency #50,924 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Alaric doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Alarīks Gothic *𐌰�… The correct English form is Alaric, spelled A-L-A-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1A historic king of the Visigoths.
- 2A male given name from Gothic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alaric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Alarīks Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*alareiks)der. English Alaric From Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”) + 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *Alarīks.
This word in other languages
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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