Alexis
/əˈlɛks.ɪs/
"alexis" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alexis” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,482
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alexis · Alexis · English
Alexis · rank #10,482 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,482
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aided
Nearest frequency peer: aided (-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 “Alexis”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- waving
waving
89,522 corpus weight
- accusing
accusing
89,521 corpus weight
- aided
aided
89,520 corpus weight
- Alexis
Alexis
89,519 corpus weight
- allocation
allocation
89,518 corpus weight
- Americas
Americas
89,517 corpus weight
What this shows “Alexis” 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 | Alexis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈlɛks.ɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Alexis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Alexis (IPA /əˈlɛks.ɪs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,482 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alexis, with forms such as "aelxis", "aleixs", and "alexiss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "axis", "Alex", "ales", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”). The correct English form is Alexis, spelled A-L-E-X-I-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2A female given name from Ancient Greek, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alexis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave.
He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty.
Etymology
From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aelxis
- aleixs
- alexiss
- alexsi
- alexxis
- allexis
- alxeis
- laexis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alexis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Alexis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).