Aintree
/ˈeɪn.tɹiː/
"aintree" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aintree” is an uncommon English word, ranked #51,531 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #51,531
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England; the home of the Grand National. (OS grid ref SJ3798).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aintree |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪn.tɹiː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aintree” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Aintree is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈeɪn.tɹiː/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,531 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Aintree in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old Norse einn and tré, meaning "a single tree". The correct English form is Aintree, spelled A-I-N-T-R-E-E.
Definition
- 1A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England; the home of the Grand National. (OS grid ref SJ3798).
- 2A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia
Etymology
From Old Norse einn and tré, meaning "a single tree".
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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Using “Aintree”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-I-N-T-R-E-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈeɪn.tɹiː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.