# Arlene

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,317

## Definitions
1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

## Etymology
A nineteenth-century coinage probably based on similar-sounding names such as Charlene and Arlette.

## Easily confused with
- **Arne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arlene-vs-arne)
- **aren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aren-vs-arlene)
- **alone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alone-vs-arlene)
- **Allen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allen-vs-arlene)
- **arena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arena-vs-arlene)
- **arent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-arlene)
- **Arden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arden-vs-arlene)
- **aline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aline-vs-arlene)
- **ardent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ardent-vs-arlene)
- **allege** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allege-vs-arlene)
- **arcane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arcane-vs-arlene)
- **allele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allele-vs-arlene)
- **argent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-arlene)
- **Ariane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ariane-vs-arlene)
- **airline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/airline-vs-arlene)
- **Abilene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abilene-vs-arlene)
- **Allende** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allende-vs-arlene)

## Common misspellings (8)
`alrene`, `arelne`, `arleen`, `arlenne`, `arllene`, `arlnee`, `arrlene`, `ralene`

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