Alençon
/ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/
"alencon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alençon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town and commune, the capital of Orne department, Normandy, France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alencon · Alençon · English
Alençon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alençon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Alençon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Alençon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town and commune, the capital of Orne department, Normandy, France.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Alençon, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Alençon. The correct English form is Alençon, spelled A-L-E-N-Ç-O-N.
Definition
- 1A town and commune, the capital of Orne department, Normandy, France.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Alençon.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.