Clackmannanshire
"clackmannanshire" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Clackmannanshire” is uncommon English (frequency #90,295 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,295
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A historical county of Scotland (abolished in 1975).
Corpus desk
Index EN-clackmannanshire · Clackmannanshire · English
Clackmannanshire · rank #90,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,295
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Cobo
Nearest frequency peer: Cobo (+3 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 “Clackmannanshire”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Chumash
Chumash
9,712 corpus weight
- Cipriano
Cipriano
9,710 corpus weight
- Clackmannan…
Clackmannanshire
9,706 corpus weight
- Cobo
Cobo
9,703 corpus weight
- COINTELPRO
COINTELPRO
9,702 corpus weight
- Colusa
Colusa
9,700 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Clackmannanshire” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clackmannanshire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #90,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Clackmannanshire” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Clackmannanshire is uncommon English at frequency #90,295 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Clackmannanshire in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Clackmannan + -shire. The correct English form is Clackmannanshire, spelled C-L-A-C-K-M-A-N-N-A-N-S-H-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A historical county of Scotland (abolished in 1975).
- 2A council area of Scotland (one of 32 created in 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth and Kinross.
Etymology
From Clackmannan + -shire.
Synonyms
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 "Clackmannanshire", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 16 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.