Catford
/ˈkætfəd/
"catford" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Catford” is uncommon English (frequency #96,841 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,841
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A suburban town in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3773).
Corpus desk
Index EN-catford · Catford · English
Catford · rank #96,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,841
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carra
Nearest frequency peer: Carra (-4 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 “Catford”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Carillo
Carillo
3,165 corpus weight
- Carra
Carra
3,164 corpus weight
- Catford
Catford
3,160 corpus weight
- centum
centum
3,156 corpus weight
- Cephas
Cephas
3,155 corpus weight
- Cerny
Cerny
3,154 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Catford” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Catford |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkætfəd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Catford” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Catford is uncommon English at frequency #96,841 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkætfəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Catford in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Catford, spelled C-A-T-F-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1A suburban town in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3773).
- 2A habitational surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Catford appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‘My grandma lived in Catford. I spent a lot of time there growing up.’
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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