Arbroath
/aɹˈbɹoθ/
"arbroath" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arbroath” is uncommon English (frequency #52,154 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,154
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A coastal town and former royal burgh in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6441).
Corpus desk
Index EN-arbroath · Arbroath · English
Arbroath · rank #52,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,154
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aquamarine
Nearest frequency peer: aquamarine (-2 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 “Arbroath”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aquamarine
aquamarine
47,849 corpus weight
- Arbroath
Arbroath
47,847 corpus weight
- astringent
astringent
47,845 corpus weight
- Atalanta
Atalanta
47,844 corpus weight
- athenaeum
athenaeum
47,843 corpus weight
- atropine
atropine
47,842 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Arbroath” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arbroath |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /aɹˈbɹoθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Arbroath” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Arbroath is uncommon English at frequency #52,154 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /aɹˈbɹoθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A coastal town and former royal burgh in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6441).".
No misspelling variants are generated for Arbroath in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Historically Aberbrothock. From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Brothock, a river name. The correct English form is Arbroath, spelled A-R-B-R-O-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1A coastal town and former royal burgh in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6441).
Etymology
Historically Aberbrothock. From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Brothock, a river name.
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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