Aldebaran
/alˈdɛbəɹən/
"aldebaran" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aldebaran” is an uncommon English word, ranked #93,382 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #93,382
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aldebaran |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /alˈdɛbəɹən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aldebaran” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Aldebaran is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /alˈdɛbəɹən/. Corpus data places it at rank #93,382 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Aldebaran, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”), named so because it follows the Pleiades. The correct English form is Aldebaran, spelled A-L-D-E-B-A-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.
Etymology
From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”), named so because it follows the Pleiades.
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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Using “Aldebaran”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-L-D-E-B-A-R-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /alˈdɛbəɹən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.