Aldeburgh
/ˈɔːlbrə/
"aldeburgh" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aldeburgh” is uncommon English (frequency #77,391 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,391
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4656).
Corpus desk
Index EN-aldeburgh · Aldeburgh · English
Aldeburgh · rank #77,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,391
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH alco
Nearest frequency peer: alco (-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 “Aldeburgh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alcan
Alcan
22,612 corpus weight
- alco
alco
22,611 corpus weight
- Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh
22,610 corpus weight
- Alessi
Alessi
22,608 corpus weight
- algebraical…
algebraically
22,607 corpus weight
- ALJ
ALJ
22,606 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Aldeburgh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aldeburgh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɔːlbrə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Aldeburgh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Aldeburgh is uncommon English at frequency #77,391 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɔːlbrə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4656).".
Zero misspellings are on record for Aldeburgh in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg. The correct English form is Aldeburgh, spelled A-L-D-E-B-U-R-G-H.
Definition
- 1A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4656).
Etymology
From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg.
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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