Cambridgeshire
/ˈkeɪmˌbɹɪdʒ.ʃə(ɹ)/
"cambridgeshire" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cambridgeshire” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,695
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An inland county in East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cambridgeshire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeɪmˌbɹɪdʒ.ʃə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #25,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cambridgeshire” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around Cambridgeshire (IPA /ˈkeɪmˌbɹɪdʒ.ʃə(ɹ)/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,695 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An inland county in East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cambridgeshire, with forms such as "acmbridgeshire", "cabmridgeshire", and "cambbridgeshire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Cambridge + -shire. The correct English form is Cambridgeshire, spelled C-A-M-B-R-I-D-G-E-S-H-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1An inland county in East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
Etymology
From Cambridge + -shire.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acmbridgeshire
- cabmridgeshire
- cambbridgeshire
- cambirdgeshire
- cambrdigeshire
- cambriddgeshire
- cambridegshire
- cambridgehsire
- cambridgeshhire
- cambridgeshier
- cambridgeshirre
- cambridgeshrie
- cambridgesihre
- cambridgesshire
- cambridggeshire
- cambridgsehire
- cambrigdeshire
- cambrridgeshire
- cammbridgeshire
- camrbidgeshire
- ccambridgeshire
- cmabridgeshire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cambridgeshire - 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.
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Using “Cambridgeshire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-M-B-R-I-D-G-E-S-H-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkeɪmˌbɹɪdʒ.ʃə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.