Elche
/ˈeɪlt͡ʃeɪ/
"elche" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Elche” is uncommon English (frequency #75,833 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,833
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Spain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-elche · Elche · English
Elche · rank #75,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,833
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH electrocardio…
Nearest frequency peer: electrocardiogram (+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 “Elche”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Earthling
Earthling
24,173 corpus weight
- Ede
Ede
24,172 corpus weight
- Elche
Elche
24,168 corpus weight
- electrocard…
electrocardiogram
24,167 corpus weight
- Elwell
Elwell
24,165 corpus weight
- embarcadero
embarcadero
24,162 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Elche” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Elche |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪlt͡ʃeɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Elche” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Elche is uncommon English at frequency #75,833 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈeɪlt͡ʃeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Spain.".
Elche has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Elche, from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē, “A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete”). The Spanish city was named after Helike by Greek colonists. The correct English form is Elche, spelled E-L-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1A city in Spain.
Etymology
From Spanish Elche, from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē, “A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete”). The Spanish city was named after Helike by Greek colonists.
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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