Ilan
"ilan" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ilan” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #49,996) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #49,996
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ilan · Ilan · English
Ilan · rank #49,996 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,996
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH illegible
Nearest frequency peer: illegible (+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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “Ilan”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- hygienist
hygienist
50,008 corpus weight
- hypertext
hypertext
50,007 corpus weight
- Ilan
Ilan
50,005 corpus weight
- illegible
illegible
50,004 corpus weight
- immunologic…
immunological
50,002 corpus weight
- impertinent
impertinent
50,001 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Ilan” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ilan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Ilan”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Ilan is neighbouring look-alikes ("in", "ill", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #49,996 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Gloss: "A male given name from Hebrew.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ilan, with forms such as "ialn", "ilann", and "illan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "in", "ill", "ion", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew אִילָן (Ilán, “tree, oak tree”). The correct English form is Ilan, spelled I-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Hebrew.
Etymology
From Hebrew אִילָן (Ilán, “tree, oak tree”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ialn
- ilann
- illan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ilan - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ilan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).