Barrington

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"barrington" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Barrington” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,075. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,075
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A placename:

Corpus desk

Index EN-barrington · Barrington · English

Barrington · rank #31,075 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #31,075
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH baht

Nearest frequency peer: baht (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Barrington”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Barrington” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Barrington vs Burlington
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Barrington
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarrington
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,075
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Barrington”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Barringtonlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “baht” (#31,074), “autocorrect” (#31,073), “Austrians” (#31,072). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Barrington” is #31,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Barrington, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,075 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barrington, with forms such as "abrrington", "barington", and "barirngton". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Burlington", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: * As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably … The correct English form is Barrington, spelled B-A-R-R-I-N-G-T-O-N.

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    A habitational surname from Old English.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrrington
  • barington
  • barirngton
  • barrignton
  • barringgton
  • barringotn
  • barringtno
  • barringtonn
  • barringtton
  • barrinngton
  • barrintgon
  • barrnigton
  • bbarrington
  • brarington

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barrington - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abrrington2barington1barirngton2barrignton2barringgton1barringotn2barringtno2barringtonn1
Edit distance from "Barrington"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barrington"?
"Barrington" is spelled B-A-R-R-I-N-G-T-O-N.
What does "Barrington" mean?
As a proper noun, "Barrington" means: A placename:
What words are commonly confused with "Barrington"?
"Barrington" is commonly confused with "Burlington". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Barrington"?
* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin,... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Barrington", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

assemblage#31,067depository#31,134diagonally#31,136disqualify#31,139

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

autocorrect14 variantschildlike14 variantsWhitfield14 variantsdependant14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list