# Alsace

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ælˈseɪs/ · frequency rank #38,276

## Definitions
1. A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“to inhabit”, literally “to sit”).

## Easily confused with
- **Alice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alice-vs-alsace)
- **algae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/algae-vs-alsace)
- **alpaca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alpaca-vs-alsace)

## Common misspellings (8)
`alasce`, `allsace`, `alsacce`, `alsaec`, `alscae`, `alssace`, `aslace`, `lasace`

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