Ardmore

name

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"ardmore" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Ardmore” is uncommon English (frequency #54,621 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,621
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A promontory on the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, between Helensburgh and Cardross (OS grid ref NS3178)

Corpus desk

Index EN-ardmore · Ardmore · English

Ardmore · rank #54,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,621
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arca

Nearest frequency peer: Arca (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “Ardmore”

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corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ardmore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ardmore
PropertyValue
HeadwordArdmore
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,621
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Ardmore” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Ardmorefalls in this rarity band:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Arca” (#54,620), “aquaria” (#54,619), “antenatal” (#54,617). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Ardmore” is #54,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ardmore is uncommon English at frequency #54,621 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 22 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ardmore, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Ard Mór (or Aird Mhór) and Scottish Gaelic Aird Mhòr, meaning "great height". See further Old Irish - and Old Irish -. The correct English form is Ardmore, spelled A-R-D-M-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A promontory on the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, between Helensburgh and Cardross (OS grid ref NS3178)
  2. 2
    A hamlet in Ross-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7086).
  3. 3
    A hamlet and ferry port on Barra, Western Isles council area, Scotland, otherwise named Àird Mhòr (OS grid ref NF7203).
  4. 4
    A locality on South Uist, Western Isles council area, otherwise Àird Mhôr (OS grid ref NF7946).
  5. 5
    A number of points and bays in Highland and Argyll and Bute council areas.
  6. 6
    A village and seaside resort in County Waterford, Ireland, otherwise named Aird Mhór.
  7. 7
    A townland in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland.
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    A village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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    Townlands in County Antrim, County Fermanagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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    A hamlet in the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, Alberta, Canada.
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    A neighbourhood in North Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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    A rural locality with an airfield south-east of Auckland, New Zealand.

Etymology

From Irish Ard Mór (or Aird Mhór) and Scottish Gaelic Aird Mhòr, meaning "great height". See further Old Irish - and Old Irish -.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ardmore"?
"Ardmore" is spelled A-R-D-M-O-R-E.
What does "Ardmore" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ardmore" means: A promontory on the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, between Helensburgh and Cardross (OS grid ref NS3178)
What is the origin of the word "Ardmore"?
From Irish Ard Mór (or Aird Mhór) and Scottish Gaelic Aird Mhòr, meaning "great height". See further Old Irish - and Old Irish -. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ardmore", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aquaria#54,619Anatole#54,612badness#54,634barmaid#54,637

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list