Aleutian
/əˈluːʃən/
"aleutian" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aleutian” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,765 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #52,765
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, from, or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands (a group of islands in the northern Pacific Ocean, west of Alaska), or to its inhabitants, their culture, or their language.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aleutian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈluːʃən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aleutian” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Aleutian is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈluːʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,765 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of, from, or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands (a group of islands in the northern Pacific Ocean, west of Alaska), or to its inhabitants, their culture, or their language.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Aleutian in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Aleut + -ian. The correct English form is Aleutian, spelled A-L-E-U-T-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of, from, or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands (a group of islands in the northern Pacific Ocean, west of Alaska), or to its inhabitants, their culture, or their language.
Etymology
From Aleut + -ian.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-E-U-T-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈluːʃən/ (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.