Broadview
"broadview" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Broadview” is uncommon English (frequency #70,518 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,518
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-broadview · Broadview · English
Broadview · rank #70,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,518
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH broking
Nearest frequency peer: broking (+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 “Broadview”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bridgehead
bridgehead
29,486 corpus weight
- Broadview
Broadview
29,483 corpus weight
- broking
broking
29,482 corpus weight
- Brum
Brum
29,481 corpus weight
- brushless
brushless
29,480 corpus weight
- Buckley's
Buckley's
29,479 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Broadview” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Broadview |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Broadview” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Broadview is uncommon English at frequency #70,518 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Broadview, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 broad + view. The correct English form is Broadview, spelled B-R-O-A-D-V-I-E-W.
Definition
- 1A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- 2A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 3A number of places in the United States.
- 4A number of places in the United States.
- 5A number of places in the United States.
- 6A number of places in the United States.
- 7A number of places in the United States.
Etymology
From broad + view.
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 9 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.