# aloft

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈlɔft/ · frequency rank #25,996

## Definitions
1. At, to, or in the air or sky.
2. Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
3. In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.

## Etymology
From Old Norse á lopti (“in the sky”); equivalent to a- + loft.

## Easily confused with
- **alt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-alt)
- **alot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-alot)
- **Alon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-alon)
- **along** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-along)
- **alone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-alone)
- **aloud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-aloud)
- **aloha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-aloha)
- **aloof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloft-vs-aloof)
- **aft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aft-vs-aloft)
- **alf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alf-vs-aloft)
- **alfa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alfa-vs-aloft)
- **aloe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloe-vs-aloft)
- **about** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/about-vs-aloft)
- **alert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alert-vs-aloft)
- **adopt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adopt-vs-aloft)
- **abort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abort-vs-aloft)
- **afoot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/afoot-vs-aloft)
- **allot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allot-vs-aloft)
- **almost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/almost-vs-aloft)
- **afloat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/afloat-vs-aloft)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alfot`, `alloft`, `alofft`, `aloftt`, `alotf`, `aolft`, `laoft`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aloft