Appomattox
"appomattox" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Appomattox” is uncommon English (frequency #61,270 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,270
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Appomattoc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-appomattox · Appomattox · English
Appomattox · rank #61,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,270
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ankh
Nearest frequency peer: ankh (-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 “Appomattox”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- analgesia
analgesia
38,736 corpus weight
- anisotropy
anisotropy
38,735 corpus weight
- ankh
ankh
38,734 corpus weight
- Appomattox
Appomattox
38,731 corpus weight
- Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot
38,727 corpus weight
- Arellano
Arellano
38,725 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Appomattox” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Appomattox |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Appomattox” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Appomattox is uncommon English at frequency #61,270 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Appomattoc.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Appomattox in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: The river was named after the Appamatuck tribe of Native Americans (whose name is from Powhatan). The town was named after the county, which in turn was named after the river. The correct English form is Appomattox, spelled A-P-P-O-M-A-T-T-O-X.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Appomattoc.
Etymology
The river was named after the Appamatuck tribe of Native Americans (whose name is from Powhatan). The town was named after the county, which in turn was named after the river.
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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