Carlingford
"carlingford" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Carlingford” is uncommon English (frequency #80,297 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,297
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A suburb of Sydney in The Hills council area and the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carlingford · Carlingford · English
Carlingford · rank #80,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,297
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Caris
Nearest frequency peer: Caris (-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 “Carlingford”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Candelaria
Candelaria
19,710 corpus weight
- Caris
Caris
19,705 corpus weight
- Carlingford
Carlingford
19,704 corpus weight
- carousing
carousing
19,702 corpus weight
- carwash
carwash
19,701 corpus weight
- catchup
catchup
19,699 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Carlingford” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carlingford |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Carlingford” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Carlingford is uncommon English at frequency #80,297 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Carlingford, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old Norse Kerlingfjǫrðr. The correct English form is Carlingford, spelled C-A-R-L-I-N-G-F-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1A suburb of Sydney in The Hills council area and the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- 2A coastal town in County Louth, Ireland.
Etymology
From Old Norse Kerlingfjǫrðr.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Carlingford", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 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.