Alsop

name

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"alsop" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Alsop” is uncommon English (frequency #70,446 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,446
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-alsop · Alsop · English

Alsop · rank #70,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,446
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Allu

Nearest frequency peer: Allu (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “Alsop”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Alsop” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alsop
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlsop
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,446
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Alsop” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Alsopfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Allu” (#70,445), “amadou” (#70,449), “ambassadorial” (#70,450). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Alsop” is #70,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alsop is uncommon English at frequency #70,446 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Alsop in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Alsop, spelled A-L-S-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Alsop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House. "Jackie was never very relaxed -- she's more fun now -- but she was very witty and played up to Jack and he loved it," Mrs. Alsop says.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Alsop"?
"Alsop" is spelled A-L-S-O-P.
What does "Alsop" mean?
As a proper noun, "Alsop" means: A surname.
What language does "Alsop" come from?
"Alsop" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Alsop", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list