ALJ
"alj" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ALJ” is uncommon English (frequency #77,395 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,395
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of administrative law judge.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alj · ALJ · English
ALJ · rank #77,395 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,395
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH algebraically
Nearest frequency peer: algebraically (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “ALJ”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh
22,610 corpus weight
- Alessi
Alessi
22,608 corpus weight
- algebraical…
algebraically
22,607 corpus weight
- ALJ
ALJ
22,606 corpus weight
- amaretto
amaretto
22,603 corpus weight
- Amberley
Amberley
22,602 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ALJ” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ALJ |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ALJ” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ALJ is uncommon English at frequency #77,395 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of administrative law judge.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ALJ in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is ALJ, spelled A-L-J.
Definition
- 1Initialism of administrative law judge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ALJ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Once the hearing is concluded, the ALJ will prepare a report based on the record.
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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