ALCON
"alcon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ALCON” is uncommon English (frequency #90,122 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,122
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of all concerned.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alcon · ALCON · English
ALCON · rank #90,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,122
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alabang
Nearest frequency peer: Alabang (-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 “ALCON”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- adulteress
adulteress
9,884 corpus weight
- Akbari
Akbari
9,882 corpus weight
- Alabang
Alabang
9,880 corpus weight
- ALCON
ALCON
9,879 corpus weight
- alkylation
alkylation
9,876 corpus weight
- almas
almas
9,875 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ALCON” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ALCON |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ALCON” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ALCON is uncommon English at frequency #90,122 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of all concerned.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ALCON in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is ALCON, spelled A-L-C-O-N.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of all concerned.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ALCON appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
AERIAL PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD IS ESSENTIAL TO FUTURE OPERATIONS, AND ARCENT WILL CONTINUE COORDINATION WITH ALCON TO EFFECT REALIGNMENT OF AIR APPORTIONMENT PRIORITIES.
page 249: 3.C.1. DIRECT COORDINATION AUTHORIZED FOR ALCON./ page 365: 1.D. […] AS SUCH, ALCON SHOULD BE PROACTIVE IN PLANNING SUPPORT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. […] .// page 377: 4.C. DIRLAUTH ALCON. KEEP THE DOMS AND THE JOINT STAFF INFORMED./
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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