Albert
/ˈælb.ət/
"albert" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Albert” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,735 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #4,735
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Albert |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈælb.ət/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Albert” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Albert is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈælb.ət/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,735 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Albert, with forms such as "ablert", "albbert", and "alberrt". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "alert", "alter", "amber", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet o… The correct English form is Albert, spelled A-L-B-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 2A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 3A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- 4A constituency in Belize
- 5A city in Kansas.
- 6A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of Two Borders.
- 7A town in New South Wales.
- 8A ghost town in Texas.
- 9A locality in the Lachlan council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
- 10A crater on the Moon
Etymology
From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ablert,albbert,alberrt,albertt,albetr,albret,alebrt,allbert,labert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Albert - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Albert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-B-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈælb.ət/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alert” - see the side-by-side comparison. Albert vs alert
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.