altcoin
"altcoin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“altcoin” is uncommon English (frequency #59,183 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,183
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cryptocurrency other than bitcoin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-altcoin · altcoin · English
altcoin · rank #59,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,183
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amaro
Nearest frequency peer: amaro (+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 “altcoin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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aliyah
40,822 corpus weight
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Allred
40,821 corpus weight
- altcoin
altcoin
40,818 corpus weight
- amaro
amaro
40,817 corpus weight
- Amazonia
Amazonia
40,816 corpus weight
- analyte
analyte
40,812 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “altcoin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | altcoin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “altcoin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
altcoin is uncommon English at frequency #59,183 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cryptocurrency other than bitcoin.".
altcoin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From alt- + coin. The correct English form is altcoin, spelled A-L-T-C-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1A cryptocurrency other than bitcoin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how altcoin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sure, like all the other altcoins, Dogecoin offers some variability, like a theoretical max of 100 billion versus 21 million, and a different proof-of-work algorithm, but we’re reaching Furby levels of ridiculousness here.
Altcoins use either Scrypt or SHA256 encryption algorithm, because the 'project forks' are from either Litecoin or Bitcoin. […] A few crypto economists believed that Altcoins is contributed ^([sic]) to a diverse crypto commodities marketplace, which is good.
Etymology
From alt- + coin.
This word in other languages
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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