Bottomley
"bottomley" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bottomley” is uncommon English (frequency #78,423 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,423
- 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-bottomley · Bottomley · English
Bottomley · rank #78,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,423
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bottler
Nearest frequency peer: bottler (-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 “Bottomley”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bluegill
bluegill
21,582 corpus weight
- bottler
bottler
21,579 corpus weight
- Bottomley
Bottomley
21,578 corpus weight
- Bourget
Bourget
21,577 corpus weight
- bourn
bourn
21,576 corpus weight
- Brann
Brann
21,574 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bottomley” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bottomley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bottomley” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bottomley is uncommon English at frequency #78,423 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Old English.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bottomley in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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: Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English botm (“bottom; abyss”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bottom + -ley (“lea”); compare the name Bottom. The correct English form is Bottomley, spelled B-O-T-T-O-M-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English.
Etymology
Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English botm (“bottom; abyss”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bottom + -ley (“lea”); compare the name Bottom.
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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