Bolingbroke
/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/
"bolingbroke" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bolingbroke” is uncommon English (frequency #72,143 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,143
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
| 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) |
Where “Bolingbroke” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bolingbroke is uncommon English at frequency #72,143 among 31,241 “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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Using “Bolingbroke”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-O-L-I-N-G-B-R-O-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.