Alistair
The verdict
“Alistair” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #42,724 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #42,724
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alistair |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Alistair” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Alistair is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #42,724 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alistair, with forms such as "ailstair", "alisatir", and "alisstair". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Alistair, spelled A-L-I-S-T-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ailstair,alisatir,alisstair,alistairr,alistari,alistiar,alisttair,alitsair,allistair,alsitair,laistair
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alistair - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Alistair”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-I-S-T-A-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.