Aldgate
/ˈɔːlɡeɪt/
"aldgate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aldgate” is uncommon English (frequency #75,604 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,604
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An area and ward within the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3381).
Corpus desk
Index EN-aldgate · Aldgate · English
Aldgate · rank #75,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,604
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Akiyama
Nearest frequency peer: Akiyama (-3 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 “Aldgate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- advantageou…
advantageously
24,404 corpus weight
- aik
aik
24,401 corpus weight
- Akiyama
Akiyama
24,400 corpus weight
- Aldgate
Aldgate
24,397 corpus weight
- alighted
alighted
24,394 corpus weight
- Amida
Amida
24,390 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Aldgate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aldgate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɔːlɡeɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Aldgate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Aldgate is uncommon English at frequency #75,604 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɔːlɡeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Aldgate has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English geat (“gate”); equivalent to old + gate. The correct English form is Aldgate, spelled A-L-D-G-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1An area and ward within the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3381).
- 2A London Underground station in Aldgate.
- 3A settlement in Ketton parish, Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9804).
- 4A village in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
Etymology
From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English geat (“gate”); equivalent to old + gate.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).