alexandrine

/\a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁin\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,469

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

alexandrine is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de musique et de danse. Pronounced \a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁin\. Often confused with Alexandre and Alexandrie.

Key facts for alexandrine
PropertyValue
Headwordalexandrine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁin\
Letters11
Frequency rank#49,469
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alexandrine in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for alexandrine is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁin\. Corpus data places it at rank #49,469 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for alexandrine, with forms such as "aelxandrine", "aleaxndrine", and "alexadnrine". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Alexandre", "Alexandrie", "Alexandria", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is alexandrine, spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de musique et de danse.
  2. 2
    Étoffe qui imitait celles fabriquées à Alexandrie.
  3. 3
    Variété de poire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelxandrine,aleaxndrine,alexadnrine,alexanddrine,alexandirne,alexandrien,alexandrinne,alexandrnie,alexandrrine,alexanndrine,alexanrdine,alexnadrine,alexxandrine,allexandrine,alxeandrine,laexandrine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alexandrine

Misspelling Variants of "alexandrine"

aelxandrine11aleaxndrine11alexadnrine11alexanddrine12alexandirne11alexandrien11alexandrinne12alexandrnie11
Misspelling Variants of "alexandrine"

Frequency rank: #49,469 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alexandrine"?
"alexandrine" is spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁin\.
What does "alexandrine" mean?
As a noun, "alexandrine" means: Sorte de musique et de danse.
What words are commonly confused with "alexandrine"?
"alexandrine" is commonly confused with "Alexandre", "Alexandrie", "Alexandria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alexandrine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alexandrine" is \a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alexandrine" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.