Ashbury
/ˈæʃbɛɹi/
"ashbury" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ashbury” is uncommon English (frequency #79,270 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,270
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A placename:
Corpus desk
Index EN-ashbury · Ashbury · English
Ashbury · rank #79,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,270
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH assiduous
Nearest frequency peer: assiduous (+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 “Ashbury”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aotearoa
Aotearoa
20,742 corpus weight
- archenemy
archenemy
20,738 corpus weight
- Ashbury
Ashbury
20,731 corpus weight
- assiduous
assiduous
20,728 corpus weight
- assize
assize
20,727 corpus weight
- astragalus
astragalus
20,726 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ashbury” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ashbury |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæʃbɛɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ashbury” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ashbury is uncommon English at frequency #79,270 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈæʃbɛɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ashbury in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”). The correct English form is Ashbury, spelled A-S-H-B-U-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A placename:
- 2A placename:
- 3A placename:
- 4A placename:
- 5A placename:
- 6A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
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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