Allison

\a.li.sɔn\

/\a.li.sɔn\/ name

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The verdict

“Allison” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,644. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,644
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-allison · Allison · French

Allison · rank #18,644 · 6 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,644
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH allions

Nearest frequency peer: allions (-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 « Allison »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Allison » 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).

Allison vs allusion
63% similar
Allison vs Alison
86% similar
Allison vs Albion
71% similar

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

Key facts for Allison
PropertyValue
HeadwordAllison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.li.sɔn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,644
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Allison »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Allisonse 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 « allions » (#18,643), « allongement » (#18,645), « alcools » (#18,642). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Allison » est au #18,644. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Allison (IPA \a.li.sɔn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,644 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Allison, with forms such as "alilson", "allisno", and "allisonn". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "allusion", "Alison", "Albion", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Allison, spelled A-L-L-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Allison Williams et Riz Ahmed ont annoncé, mardi, les nommés aux Oscars 2023.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alilson
  • allisno
  • allisonn
  • allisson
  • allsion
  • lalison

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alilson2allisno2allisonn1allisson1allsion2lalison2
Edit distance from "Allison"

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 "Allison"?
"Allison" is spelled A-L-L-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.li.sɔn\.
What does "Allison" mean?
As a proper noun, "Allison" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Allison"?
"Allison" is commonly confused with "allusion", "Alison", "Albion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Allison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Allison" is \a.li.sɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Allison" come from?
"Allison" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

allions#18,643alcools#18,642amandes#18,647arrondi#18,653

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

agace6 variantsautos6 variantsbonnie6 variantscard6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list