alan

\a.lɑ̃\

/\a.lɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“alan” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,778) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#6,778
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gros chien de la race des dogues, propre à chasser le sanglier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alan · alan · French

alan · rank #6,778 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,778
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ajoutant

Nearest frequency peer: ajoutant (-1 rank slots)

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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « alan »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « alan » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alan vs an
50% similar
alan vs all
50% similar
alan vs ali
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alan
PropertyValue
Headwordalan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.lɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,778
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « alan »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).alanse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ajoutant » (#6,777), « amant » (#6,779), « affirmation » (#6,776). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alan » est au #6,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for alan is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "all", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \a.lɑ̃\. Frequency #6,778 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Gros chien de la race des dogues, propre à chasser le sanglier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for alan, with forms such as "aaln", "alann", and "alna". 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, "an", "all", "ali", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is alan, spelled A-L-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gros chien de la race des dogues, propre à chasser le sanglier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how alan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le chien de sanglier (l’alan) est un métis de plusieurs chiens différents.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aaln
  • alann
  • alna
  • laan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aaln2alann1alna2laan2
Edit distance from "alan"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alan"?
"alan" is spelled A-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɑ̃\.
What does "alan" mean?
As a noun, "alan" means: Gros chien de la race des dogues, propre à chasser le sanglier.
What words are commonly confused with "alan"?
"alan" is commonly confused with "an", "all", "ali". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alan" is \a.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alan" come from?
"alan" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Andy#6,780visa#6,770chic#6,795fric#6,830

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list