# Allegra

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,587

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Italian.
2. A surname from Italian.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.

## Easily confused with
- **allegro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allegra-vs-allegro)
- **allege** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allege-vs-allegra)
- **Alegre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alegre-vs-allegra)
- **alleged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alleged-vs-allegra)
- **algebra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/algebra-vs-allegra)
- **allegory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allegory-vs-allegra)

## Common misspellings (8)
`alegra`, `alelgra`, `allegar`, `alleggra`, `allegrra`, `allerga`, `allgera`, `lalegra`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/allegra