Alicante
/ˌælɪˈkænti/
"alicante" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alicante” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #45,196 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #45,196
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A province of the Valencian Community, Spain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alicante |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌælɪˈkænti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alicante” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Alicante is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌælɪˈkænti/. Corpus data places it at rank #45,196 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alicante, with forms such as "ailcante", "alciante", and "aliacnte". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Alicante. The correct English form is Alicante, spelled A-L-I-C-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1A province of the Valencian Community, Spain.
- 2A city, the capital of the province of Alicante, Spain.
- 3a kind of wine grown from the Alicante province.
- 4A barangay of Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
Etymology
From Spanish Alicante.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ailcante,alciante,aliacnte,alicanet,alicannte,alicantte,alicatne,aliccante,alicnate,allicante,laicante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alicante - 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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Using “Alicante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-I-C-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌælɪˈkænti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.