Charlottetown
/ˈʃɑː.ləˌtaʊn/
"charlottetown" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Charlottetown” is uncommon English (frequency #56,006 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,006
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capital city and county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Charlottetown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃɑː.ləˌtaʊn/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #56,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Charlottetown” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Charlottetown is uncommon English at frequency #56,006 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈʃɑː.ləˌtaʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Charlottetown in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: The name of the city on Prince Edward Island is Charlotte + town. The city is named after Queen Charlotte (1744-1818). The town in Labrador was named after the city on Prince Edward Island by the local resident Benjamin Powell, who had hoped that the settle… The correct English form is Charlottetown, spelled C-H-A-R-L-O-T-T-E-T-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1The capital city and county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- 2A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Etymology
The name of the city on Prince Edward Island is Charlotte + town. The city is named after Queen Charlotte (1744-1818). The town in Labrador was named after the city on Prince Edward Island by the local resident Benjamin Powell, who had hoped that the settlement might one day reach a similar size and importance.
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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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-R-L-O-T-T-E-T-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.