alexandria
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "alexandria", 10-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "alexandria" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "alexandria" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Alexandria is aEnglishname. It means: A city, port, and former capital of Egypt famed for its ancient library and lighthouse. Pronounced /æləkˈzændɹi.ə/. It ranks #9,993 in English word frequency. Often confused with Alexandra and Alexandre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alexandria |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /æləkˈzændɹi.ə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Alexandria is 10 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /æləkˈzændɹi.ə/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,993 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 35 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Alexandria, with forms such as "aelxandria", "aleaxndria", and "alexadnria". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Alexandra", "Alexandre", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexan… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Alexandria, spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A city, port, and former capital of Egypt famed for its ancient library and lighthouse.
- 2Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including
- 3Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including
- 4Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including
- 5Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including
- 6Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including
- 7Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including
- 8Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including
- 9Alternative form of Alessandria: a city in Piedmont, Italy.
- 10A governorate of Egypt around the city.
- 11A number of places in the United States:
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- 28A former town in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry.
- 29A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- 30A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
- 31A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- 32A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
- 33A town in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3980).
- 34A city in Teleorman County, Romania.
- 35A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Etymology
From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare Antioch, Seleucia, and Ptolemais. Doublet of Kandahar, Iskenderun, Scandaroon, and Alexandretta.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aelxandria,aleaxndria,alexadnria,alexanddria,alexandira,alexandrai,alexandrria,alexanndria,alexanrdia,alexnadria,alexxandria,allexandria,alxeandria,laexandria
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Misspelling Variants of "Alexandria"
Frequency rank: #9,993 in English
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