alce
noun
alce is spelled A-L-C-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, alce means “A mythical beast resembling a griffin with no wings, often classified as a male griffin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of alce is alces.
How many letters and syllables are in alce?
| Letters | 4: A-L-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is alce?
Alce appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with alce?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as alce.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lace, alec, acle.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of alce
- alces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alce mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareA mythical beast resembling a griffin with no wings, often classified as a male griffin.
- 2
obsoleteAn elk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does alce come from?
Possibly from Ancient Greek ἀλκή (alkḗ, “courage, prowess; guard, defense”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).