Bloomingdale
/ˈblu.mɪŋ.deɪl/
"bloomingdale" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bloomingdale” is uncommon English (frequency #70,506 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,506
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bloomingdale · Bloomingdale · English
Bloomingdale · rank #70,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,506
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH blather
Nearest frequency peer: blather (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Bloomingdale”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bicester
Bicester
29,499 corpus weight
- blacken
blacken
29,497 corpus weight
- blather
blather
29,496 corpus weight
- Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale
29,495 corpus weight
- boldface
boldface
29,494 corpus weight
- bootie
bootie
29,493 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bloomingdale” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bloomingdale |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈblu.mɪŋ.deɪl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #70,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bloomingdale” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bloomingdale is uncommon English at frequency #70,506 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈblu.mɪŋ.deɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Bloomingdale has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blooming (“flowering”) + dale (“valley”). The correct English form is Bloomingdale, spelled B-L-O-O-M-I-N-G-D-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States.
- 3A township in Ontario, Canada.
Etymology
From blooming (“flowering”) + dale (“valley”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.