Adlington
"adlington" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Adlington” is uncommon English (frequency #92,307 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,307
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A placename:
Corpus desk
Index EN-adlington · Adlington · English
Adlington · rank #92,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,307
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ades
Nearest frequency peer: Ades (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Adlington”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- addenda
addenda
7,697 corpus weight
- adduct
adduct
7,696 corpus weight
- Ades
Ades
7,695 corpus weight
- Adlington
Adlington
7,694 corpus weight
- afterbirth
afterbirth
7,693 corpus weight
- agoraphobic
agoraphobic
7,691 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Adlington” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adlington |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Adlington” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Adlington is uncommon English at frequency #92,307 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Adlington doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The correct English form is Adlington, spelled A-D-L-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A placename:
- 2A placename:
- 3A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).