Alice band
"alice-band" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alice band” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A flexible horseshoe-shaped headband.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alice band |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alice band” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Alice band is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A flexible horseshoe-shaped headband.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Alice band in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Lewis Carroll's fictional Alice, often depicted wearing the headband in the illustrations in Through the Looking-Glass. The correct English form is Alice band, spelled A-L-I-C-E- -B-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1A flexible horseshoe-shaped headband.
Etymology
From Lewis Carroll's fictional Alice, often depicted wearing the headband in the illustrations in Through the Looking-Glass.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Alice band”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-L-I-C-E- -B-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.