Ainslie
/ˈeɪnzli/
"ainslie" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ainslie” is uncommon English (frequency #52,132 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,132
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ainslie · Ainslie · English
Ainslie · rank #52,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,132
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Adolphus
Nearest frequency peer: Adolphus (-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 “Ainslie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- acquaint
acquaint
47,873 corpus weight
- admonition
admonition
47,871 corpus weight
- Adolphus
Adolphus
47,870 corpus weight
- Ainslie
Ainslie
47,869 corpus weight
- Akers
Akers
47,868 corpus weight
- alanine
alanine
47,867 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ainslie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ainslie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪnzli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ainslie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ainslie is uncommon English at frequency #52,132 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈeɪnzli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ainslie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Ainslie, spelled A-I-N-S-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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