Alejandro
/ˌalɪˈhandɹəʊ/
"alejandro" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alejandro” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,028. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,028
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alejandro · Alejandro · English
Alejandro · rank #20,028 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,028
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH airspace
Nearest frequency peer: airspace (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Alejandro”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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79,976 corpus weight
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adamant
79,975 corpus weight
- airspace
airspace
79,974 corpus weight
- Alejandro
Alejandro
79,973 corpus weight
- allotted
allotted
79,972 corpus weight
- almonds
almonds
79,971 corpus weight
What this shows “Alejandro” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alejandro |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌalɪˈhandɹəʊ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Alejandro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Alejandro (IPA /ˌalɪˈhandɹəʊ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,028 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alejandro, with forms such as "aeljandro", "aleajndro", and "alejadnro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Alexandra", "Alexandre", "Alessandro", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander. The correct English form is Alejandro, spelled A-L-E-J-A-N-D-R-O.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alejandro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The objective of the review, the memo says, is not to “arbitrarily reduce” the number of security clearances and/or access but to ensure that current clearance and access levels are still required for official duties and missions. The effort comes at the direction of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the memo says.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aeljandro
- aleajndro
- alejadnro
- alejanddro
- alejandor
- alejandrro
- alejanndro
- alejanrdo
- alejjandro
- alejnadro
- aljeandro
- allejandro
- laejandro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alejandro - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Alejandro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).