Alloa
/ˈæloʊə/
"alloa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alloa” is uncommon English (frequency #54,606 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,606
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town which is the administrative centre of Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, and was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire between 1822 and 1975 (OS grid ref NS8893).
Corpus desk
Index EN-alloa · Alloa · English
Alloa · rank #54,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,606
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH alleyways
Nearest frequency peer: alleyways (-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 “Alloa”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aii
aii
45,397 corpus weight
- alleyways
alleyways
45,396 corpus weight
- Alloa
Alloa
45,395 corpus weight
- Altona
Altona
45,394 corpus weight
- alumna
alumna
45,393 corpus weight
- Alyson
Alyson
45,392 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Alloa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alloa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæloʊə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Alloa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Alloa is uncommon English at frequency #54,606 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈæloʊə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town which is the administrative centre of Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, and was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire between 1822 and 1975 (OS grid ref NS8893).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Alloa, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Scottish Gaelic Alamhagh. The correct English form is Alloa, spelled A-L-L-O-A.
Definition
- 1A town which is the administrative centre of Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, and was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire between 1822 and 1975 (OS grid ref NS8893).
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Alamhagh.
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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