lo aleinu
"lo-aleinu" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lo aleinu” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - may it not happen to us; an expression that indicates a desire that a previously mentioned negative thing not happen again or effect anyone else
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lo aleinu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lo aleinu” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for lo aleinu is 9 letters long, classified as an interjection. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "may it not happen to us; an expression that indicates a desire that a previously mentioned negative thing not happen again or effect anyone else".
lo aleinu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish לא־עלינו (loy oleynu) and Hebrew לֹא עָלֵינוּ (“lit. (may it) not [be] upon us”). The correct English form is lo aleinu, spelled L-O- -A-L-E-I-N-U.
Definition
- 1may it not happen to us; an expression that indicates a desire that a previously mentioned negative thing not happen again or effect anyone else
Etymology
From Yiddish לא־עלינו (loy oleynu) and Hebrew לֹא עָלֵינוּ (“lit. (may it) not [be] upon us”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lo aleinu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-O- -A-L-E-I-N-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.