Biddeford
/ˈbɪdəfɚd/
"biddeford" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Biddeford” is uncommon English (frequency #87,072 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,072
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Maine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-biddeford · Biddeford · English
Biddeford · rank #87,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,072
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bickel
Nearest frequency peer: Bickel (-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 “Biddeford”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bestfriend
bestfriend
12,932 corpus weight
- Bickel
Bickel
12,930 corpus weight
- Biddeford
Biddeford
12,929 corpus weight
- bidi
bidi
12,928 corpus weight
- bigge
bigge
12,927 corpus weight
- bilk
bilk
12,926 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Biddeford” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Biddeford |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɪdəfɚd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Biddeford” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Biddeford is uncommon English at frequency #87,072 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbɪdəfɚd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Maine.".
Biddeford doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the place name Bideford, a city in Devon. The correct English form is Biddeford, spelled B-I-D-D-E-F-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1A city in Maine.
Etymology
From the place name Bideford, a city in Devon.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).