alee
/əˈliː/adverb
alee is spelled A-L-E-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, alee means “On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in alee?
| Letters | 4: A-L-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is alee?
Alee appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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).
How do you pronounce alee?
- /əˈliː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-alee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of alee
- more alee comparative
- most alee superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does alee come from?
From a- + lee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).