algae
/ˈæl.d͡ʒi/
"algae" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“algae” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,062
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of alga
Corpus desk
Index EN-algae · algae · English
algae · rank #14,062 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,062
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aforementioned
Nearest frequency peer: aforementioned (-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 “algae”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- administer
administer
85,942 corpus weight
- admittedly
admittedly
85,941 corpus weight
- aforementio…
aforementioned
85,940 corpus weight
- algae
algae
85,939 corpus weight
- Angelo
Angelo
85,937 corpus weight
- Apache
Apache
85,936 corpus weight
What this shows “algae” 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 | algae |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæl.d͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “algae”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around algae (IPA /ˈæl.d͡ʒi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,062 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of alga".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for algae, with forms such as "aglae", "alage", and "algea". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alma", "alta", "aloe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is algae, spelled A-L-G-A-E.
Definition
- 1plural of alga
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aglae
- alage
- algea
- alggae
- allgae
- lagae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of algae - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "algae", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).