Iskandar
"iskandar" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Iskandar” is uncommon English (frequency #75,088 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,088
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Alexander; variant forms Askandar, Askander, Eskandar, Eskender, Eskinder, Iskander, Iskinder, Scandar, Scander, Sikandar, Sik...
Corpus desk
Index EN-iskandar · Iskandar · English
Iskandar · rank #75,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,088
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH jackfruit
Nearest frequency peer: jackfruit (+2 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 “Iskandar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- invalidity
invalidity
24,920 corpus weight
- IOF
IOF
24,918 corpus weight
- Iskandar
Iskandar
24,913 corpus weight
- jackfruit
jackfruit
24,911 corpus weight
- jiggly
jiggly
24,906 corpus weight
- Jinny
Jinny
24,905 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Iskandar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iskandar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Iskandar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Iskandar is uncommon English at frequency #75,088 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Alexander; variant forms Askandar, Askander, Eskandar, Eskender, Eskinder, Iskander, Iskinder, Scandar, Scander, Sikandar, Sik...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Iskandar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic الإسْكَنْدَر (al-ʔiskandar, “Alexander”). Doublet of Alexander The correct English form is Iskandar, spelled I-S-K-A-N-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Alexander; variant forms Askandar, Askander, Eskandar, Eskender, Eskinder, Iskander, Iskinder, Scandar, Scander, Sikandar, Sikander, Skandar, Skander.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الإسْكَنْدَر (al-ʔiskandar, “Alexander”). Doublet of Alexander
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).