Bloomington
"bloomington" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bloomington” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,732
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bloomington · Bloomington · English
Bloomington · rank #21,732 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,732
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH Bellevue
Nearest frequency peer: Bellevue (-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 “Bloomington”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bathe
bathe
78,272 corpus weight
- beheaded
beheaded
78,271 corpus weight
- Bellevue
Bellevue
78,270 corpus weight
- Bloomington
Bloomington
78,269 corpus weight
- boasted
boasted
78,268 corpus weight
- breathed
breathed
78,265 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bloomington” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bloomington |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bloomington” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Bloomington, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,732 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bloomington, with forms such as "bbloomington", "blloomington", and "blomington". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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”) + -ton (“placename suffix”). The correct English form is Bloomington, spelled B-L-O-O-M-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 2A hamlet in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
- 3A census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- 4A small city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States.
- 5A city, the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States.
- 6A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, United States.
- 7An unincorporated community in Osborne County, Kansas, United States.
- 8A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.
- 9A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.
- 10An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
- 11A village in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States.
- 12A hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States.
- 13An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
- 14A ghost town in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.
- 15A census-designated place in Victoria County, Texas, United States.
- 16A community in Washington County, Utah, United States.
- 17A village and town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.
Etymology
From blooming (“flowering”) + -ton (“placename suffix”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbloomington
- blloomington
- blomington
- blomoington
- blooimngton
- bloomignton
- bloominggton
- bloomingotn
- bloomingtno
- bloomingtonn
- bloomingtton
- bloominngton
- bloomintgon
- bloommington
- bloomnigton
- bolomington
- lboomington
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bloomington - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bloomington", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.