Alfonso
/ælˈfɑnzoʊ/
"alfonso" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alfonso” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,570
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alfonso · Alfonso · English
Alfonso · rank #22,570 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,570
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alessandro
Nearest frequency peer: Alessandro (-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 “Alfonso”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- agreeable
agreeable
77,434 corpus weight
- airway
airway
77,433 corpus weight
- Alessandro
Alessandro
77,432 corpus weight
- Alfonso
Alfonso
77,431 corpus weight
- algebraic
algebraic
77,430 corpus weight
- amaze
amaze
77,429 corpus weight
What this shows “Alfonso” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alfonso |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Alfonso”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Alfonso (IPA /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,570 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alfonso, with forms such as "aflonso", "alffonso", and "alfnoso". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse. The correct English form is Alfonso, spelled A-L-F-O-N-S-O.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 2A surname.
Etymology
From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aflonso
- alffonso
- alfnoso
- alfonnso
- alfonos
- alfonsso
- alfosno
- allfonso
- alofnso
- lafonso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alfonso - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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