alopecia
/ˌæl.əʊˈpiː.ʃə/
"alopecia" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alopecia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,503
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Baldness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alopecia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæl.əʊˈpiː.ʃə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alopecia” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around alopecia (IPA /ˌæl.əʊˈpiː.ʃə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,503 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for alopecia, with forms such as "allopecia", "aloepcia", and "alopceia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin alopecia, from the Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía, “fox-mange”), from ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”) + -ία (-ía, a formative ending used in Ancient Greek, especially used in naming diseases). The correct English form is alopecia, spelled A-L-O-P-E-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Baldness.
- 2A deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by a failure to grow or loss after growth.
- 3A loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alopecia, from the Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía, “fox-mange”), from ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”) + -ία (-ía, a formative ending used in Ancient Greek, especially used in naming diseases).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- allopecia
- aloepcia
- alopceia
- alopecai
- alopeccia
- alopeica
- aloppecia
- alpoecia
- aolpecia
- laopecia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alopecia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “alopecia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-O-P-E-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌæl.əʊˈpiː.ʃə/ (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.