Aylesbury
/ˈeɪlzbəɹi/
"aylesbury" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aylesbury” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #46,323 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #46,323
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8113).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aylesbury |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪlzbəɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aylesbury” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Aylesbury is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈeɪlzbəɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,323 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aylesbury, with forms such as "alyesbury", "ayelsbury", and "aylebsury". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English Æġles burg. The correct English form is Aylesbury, spelled A-Y-L-E-S-B-U-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8113).
- 2A village in the Rural Municipality of Craik, No. 222, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 3A rural locality in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Etymology
From Old English Æġles burg.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alyesbury,ayelsbury,aylebsury,aylesbbury,aylesbruy,aylesburry,aylesburyy,aylesbuyr,aylessbury,aylesubry,ayllesbury,aylsebury,ayylesbury,yalesbury
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aylesbury - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Aylesbury”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-Y-L-E-S-B-U-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈeɪlzbəɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.