Ballymena
/ˌbæliˈmiːnə/
"ballymena" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ballymena” is uncommon English (frequency #57,881 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,881
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ballymena · Ballymena · English
Ballymena · rank #57,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,881
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH banality
Nearest frequency peer: banality (+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 “Ballymena”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Baha
Baha
42,124 corpus weight
- Baikal
Baikal
42,123 corpus weight
- Ballymena
Ballymena
42,120 corpus weight
- banality
banality
42,119 corpus weight
- barangay
barangay
42,118 corpus weight
- Barbarossa
Barbarossa
42,117 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ballymena” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ballymena |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌbæliˈmiːnə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ballymena” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ballymena is uncommon English at frequency #57,881 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌbæliˈmiːnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ballymena, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish An Baile Meánach. The correct English form is Ballymena, spelled B-A-L-L-Y-M-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Etymology
From Irish An Baile Meánach.
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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