Bolingbroke
/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/
"bolingbroke" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bolingbroke” is uncommon English (frequency #72,143 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,143
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bolingbroke · Bolingbroke · English
Bolingbroke · rank #72,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,143
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bokeh
Nearest frequency peer: bokeh (-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 “Bolingbroke”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- blick
blick
27,865 corpus weight
- Blumberg
Blumberg
27,863 corpus weight
- bokeh
bokeh
27,859 corpus weight
- Bolingbroke
Bolingbroke
27,858 corpus weight
- Bolivarian
Bolivarian
27,857 corpus weight
- bookbinding
bookbinding
27,854 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bolingbroke” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bolingbroke |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bolingbroke” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bolingbroke is uncommon English at frequency #72,143 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Bolingbroke in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English *Bulan (genitive of an unattested given name *Bula) + brōc (“stream”). The correct English form is Bolingbroke, spelled B-O-L-I-N-G-B-R-O-K-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, which includes Old Bolingbroke.
- 3A community in Tay Valley township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- 4An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monroe County, Georgia, United States.
- 5An English earldom.
Etymology
From Old English *Bulan (genitive of an unattested given name *Bula) + brōc (“stream”).
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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