Ashkelon
/ˈæʃkəlɒn/
"ashkelon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ashkelon” is uncommon English (frequency #62,684 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,684
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ashkelon · Ashkelon · English
Ashkelon · rank #62,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,684
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Artois
Nearest frequency peer: Artois (-1 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 “Ashkelon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- armrest
armrest
37,320 corpus weight
- Arrieta
Arrieta
37,319 corpus weight
- Artois
Artois
37,318 corpus weight
- Ashkelon
Ashkelon
37,317 corpus weight
- Ashmore
Ashmore
37,316 corpus weight
- athletically
athletically
37,314 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ashkelon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ashkelon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæʃkəlɒn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ashkelon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ashkelon is uncommon English at frequency #62,684 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈæʃkəlɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.".
Ashkelon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (′ašqəlōn). The correct English form is Ashkelon, spelled A-S-H-K-E-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1A coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (′ašqəlōn).
This word in other languages
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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