alleluia
"alleluia" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alleluia” is uncommon English (frequency #55,228 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,228
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alleluia · alleluia · English
alleluia · rank #55,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,228
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH alphanumeric
Nearest frequency peer: alphanumeric (+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 “alleluia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aggro
aggro
44,778 corpus weight
- Akali
Akali
44,776 corpus weight
- alleluia
alleluia
44,773 corpus weight
- alphanumeric
alphanumeric
44,772 corpus weight
- amas
amas
44,771 corpus weight
- Ammon
Ammon
44,769 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “alleluia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alleluia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alleluia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alleluia is uncommon English at frequency #55,228 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.".
No misspelling variants are generated for alleluia in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”). The correct English form is alleluia, spelled A-L-L-E-L-U-I-A.
Definition
- 1A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.
Etymology
From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).
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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