Aleister
/ˈæl.i.stɚ/
"aleister" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aleister” is an uncommon English word, ranked #62,669 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #62,669
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of rare usage, variant of Alastair.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aleister |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæl.i.stɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aleister” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Aleister is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæl.i.stɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #62,669 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of rare usage, variant of Alastair.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Aleister in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, from Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). The correct English form is Aleister, spelled A-L-E-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of rare usage, variant of Alastair.
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, from Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
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 “Aleister”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-L-E-I-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæl.i.stɚ/ (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.