allochthonous
/əˈlɒk.θə.nəs/adjective
allochthonous is spelled A-L-L-O-C-H-T-H-O-N-O-U-S. The wrong spelling people search most is allochtonous: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Allochthonous is an adjective meaning “Originating in a place other than where it is found”.
How many letters and syllables are in allochthonous?
| Letters | 13: A-L-L-O-C-H-T-H-O-N-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, allochtonous, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell allochthonous?
Allochthonous is spelled A-L-L-O-C-H-T-H-O-N-O-U-S. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for allochthonous in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is allochthonous?
Allochthonous appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce allochthonous?
- UK /əˈlɒk.θə.nəs/
Allochthonous has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does allochthonous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Originating in a place other than where it is found.
- 2
Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Allochthonous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense originating in a place other than where it is found:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | allogène, allochtone |
| German | allochthon |
| Portuguese | alóctone |
| Spanish | alóctono |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does allochthonous come from?
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + χθών (khthṓn, “earth, ground”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).