Batesville

name

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

The verdict

“Batesville” is uncommon English (frequency #91,273 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,273
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Independence County, Arkansas, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-batesville · Batesville · English

Batesville · rank #91,273 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,273
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bathymetric

Nearest frequency peer: bathymetric (+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 “Batesville”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Batesville” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Batesville
PropertyValue
HeadwordBatesville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,273
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Batesville” in English

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “bathymetric” (#91,274), “basketry” (#91,271), “basa” (#91,270). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Batesville” is #91,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Batesville is uncommon English at frequency #91,273 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Batesville, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Bates + -ville. The correct English form is Batesville, spelled B-A-T-E-S-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Independence County, Arkansas, United States.
  2. 2
    A city in Franklin County and Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
  3. 3
    A city in Mississippi, United States and one of the two county seats of Panola County.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri, United States.
  5. 5
    A village in Noble County, Ohio, United States.
  6. 6
    A census-designated place in Zavala County, Texas, United States.
  7. 7
    An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.

Etymology

From Bates + -ville.

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 "Batesville"?
"Batesville" is spelled B-A-T-E-S-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Batesville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Batesville" means: A city, the county seat of Independence County, Arkansas, United States.
What is the origin of the word "Batesville"?
From Bates + -ville. 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 "Batesville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Belisarius#91,285blackguard#91,296appetising#91,237bookbinder#91,309

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list