Blakeley

name

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"blakeley" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Blakeley” is uncommon English (frequency #80,252 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,252
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old English.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blakeley · Blakeley · English

Blakeley · rank #80,252 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,252
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Blaire

Nearest frequency peer: Blaire (-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 “Blakeley”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Blakeley
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlakeley
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,252
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Blakeley” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Blakeleyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Blaire” (#80,251), “Blalock” (#80,253), “blackmailer” (#80,249). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Blakeley” is #80,252. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Blakeley is uncommon English at frequency #80,252 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Blakeley, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”). The correct English form is Blakeley, spelled B-L-A-K-E-L-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.
  2. 2
    A ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Erie County, New York, United States.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).

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 "Blakeley"?
"Blakeley" is spelled B-L-A-K-E-L-E-Y.
What does "Blakeley" mean?
As a proper noun, "Blakeley" means: A surname from Old English.
What is the origin of the word "Blakeley"?
Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”). 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 "Blakeley", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blueline#80,256braggart#80,265Breville#80,270beatable#80,233

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list