Ashbury
/ˈæʃbɛɹi/
"ashbury" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ashbury” is an uncommon English word, ranked #79,270 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #79,270
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A placename:
| 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) |
Where “Ashbury” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Ashbury is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæʃbɛɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #79,270 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “Ashbury”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-H-B-U-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæʃbɛɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.