alliant
"alliant" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alliant” is uncommon English (frequency #89,090 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,090
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ally; a confederate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alliant · alliant · English
alliant · rank #89,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,090
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH allogeneic
Nearest frequency peer: allogeneic (+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 “alliant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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albumen
10,915 corpus weight
- Algol
Algol
10,914 corpus weight
- alliant
alliant
10,911 corpus weight
- allogeneic
allogeneic
10,910 corpus weight
- allograft
allograft
10,909 corpus weight
- allopathic
allopathic
10,908 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “alliant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alliant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alliant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alliant is uncommon English at frequency #89,090 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ally; a confederate.".
alliant has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare French alliant, present participle. The correct English form is alliant, spelled A-L-L-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1An ally; a confederate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alliant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
June 23 1630, Henry Wotton, a letter the presence and approbation also of other Princes , States , Alliants, Deputies with full Power and Authority[…]
Etymology
Compare French alliant, present participle.
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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