Allister
/ˈælɪstə/
"allister" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Allister” is uncommon English (frequency #69,632 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,632
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-allister · Allister · English
Allister · rank #69,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,632
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alessia
Nearest frequency peer: Alessia (-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 “Allister”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ail
ail
30,375 corpus weight
- akka
akka
30,374 corpus weight
- Alessia
Alessia
30,370 corpus weight
- Allister
Allister
30,369 corpus weight
- Alok
Alok
30,367 corpus weight
- ammonite
ammonite
30,364 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Allister” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Allister |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈælɪstə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Allister” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Allister is uncommon English at frequency #69,632 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈælɪstə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Allister, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized from Alasdair, the Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander The correct English form is Allister, spelled A-L-L-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- 2A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- 3An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized from Alasdair, the Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).