Albin
"albin" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Albin” is uncommon English (frequency #59,850 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,850
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Latin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-albin · Albin · English
Albin · rank #59,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,850
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Akash
Nearest frequency peer: Akash (-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 “Albin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Adirondacks
Adirondacks
40,156 corpus weight
- airstream
airstream
40,153 corpus weight
- Akash
Akash
40,152 corpus weight
- Albin
Albin
40,151 corpus weight
- aleph
aleph
40,149 corpus weight
- angioplasty
angioplasty
40,147 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Albin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Albin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Albin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Albin is uncommon English at frequency #59,850 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Latin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Albin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Early saints' name, from the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”). In the case of individuals from Germanic nations, partly also from Germanic (cf. Albwin (literally “elf friend”)), of which Alvin is the native English form. The correct English form is Albin, spelled A-L-B-I-N.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Latin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Albin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
Early saints' name, from the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”). In the case of individuals from Germanic nations, partly also from Germanic (cf. Albwin (literally “elf friend”)), of which Alvin is the native English form.
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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