Alloa
/ˈæloʊə/
"alloa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alloa” is an uncommon English word, ranked #54,606 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #54,606
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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).
| 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) |
Where “Alloa” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Alloa is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæloʊə/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,606 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “Alloa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-L-O-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæloʊə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.