Alexandre

\a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ\

/\a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Alexandre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,460. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,460
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alexandre · Alexandre · French

Alexandre · rank #2,460 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,460
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accepte

Nearest frequency peer: accepte (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Alexandre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Alexandre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

Alexandre vs Alexandrie
90% similar
Alexandre vs Alexandria
80% similar
Alexandre vs alexandrine
73% similar

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

Key facts for Alexandre
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlexandre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,460
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Alexandre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Alexandrese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accepte » (#2,459), « attente » (#2,461), « équilibre » (#2,458). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Alexandre » est au #2,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Alexandre (IPA \a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,460 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alexandre, with forms such as "aelxandre", "aleaxndre", and "alexadnre". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Alexandrie", "Alexandria", "alexandrine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Alexandre, spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dès 1786, Alexandre de Fontenay, de retour d’Angleterre, fonda à Louviers l’une des premières filatures françaises : c’était « un moulin qui décarde le coton, le dégrossit, le divise et le file sur près de 2 000 fuseaux à la fois ».
  2. Sous le pseudonyme d’Alexandre, il devient en 1942 le responsable pour sa zone dans l’armée d’unification des réseaux de France. C’est l’Armée secrète, constituée par Jean Moulin sous les ordres du général de Gaulle. Alexandre, en référence au guerrier poète, roi de Macédoine et élève d’Aristote.

This word in other languages

Alexander(English)Alejandro(Español)Alexander(Deutsch)Alexandre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aelxandre
  • aleaxndre
  • alexadnre
  • alexanddre
  • alexandrre
  • alexanndre
  • alexanrde
  • alexnadre
  • alexxandre
  • allexandre
  • alxeandre
  • laexandre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aelxandre2aleaxndre2alexadnre2alexanddre1alexandrre1alexanndre1alexanrde2alexnadre2
Edit distance from "Alexandre"

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 "Alexandre"?
"Alexandre" is spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "Alexandre" mean?
As a proper noun, "Alexandre" means: Prénom masculin français.
What words are commonly confused with "Alexandre"?
"Alexandre" is commonly confused with "Alexandrie", "Alexandria", "alexandrine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Alexandre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alexandre" is \a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alexandre" come from?
"Alexandre" 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 "Alexandre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

équilibre#2,458réfléchir#2,451quartiers#2,445princesse#2,441

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

exemples12 variantsprogrès12 variantsexprimer12 variantsagréable12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list