Clarendon
/ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/
"clarendon" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Clarendon” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,089
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A royal palace near Salisbury, now ruined, or the country house built on its site.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clarendon · Clarendon · English
Clarendon · rank #27,089 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,089
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH centurion
Nearest frequency peer: centurion (-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 “Clarendon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cannibal
cannibal
72,918 corpus weight
- Cato
Cato
72,916 corpus weight
- centurion
centurion
72,915 corpus weight
- Clarendon
Clarendon
72,912 corpus weight
- compendium
compendium
72,909 corpus weight
- complacency
complacency
72,908 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Clarendon” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clarendon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Clarendon” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Clarendon (IPA /ˈklæ.ɹən.dən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,089 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Clarendon, with forms such as "calrendon", "cclarendon", and "claerndon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: The Wiltshire place-name may come from Old English *Claringa dūn, the hill associated with Clare (a personal name). The parish in New Brunswick was named after a settlement, named in turn after British politician George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800… The correct English form is Clarendon, spelled C-L-A-R-E-N-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1A royal palace near Salisbury, now ruined, or the country house built on its site.
- 2A peerage title (especially in reference to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon).
- 3A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- 4A parish of Jamaica.
- 5A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Arkansas, United States.
- 6A city, the county seat of Donley County, Texas, United States.
- 7A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- 8A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
- 9A habitational surname from Old English.
- 10A serif typeface.
Etymology
The Wiltshire place-name may come from Old English *Claringa dūn, the hill associated with Clare (a personal name). The parish in New Brunswick was named after a settlement, named in turn after British politician George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800 - 1870). The typeface was named after the Clarendon Press, which was named after the Earl of Clarendon (a former chancellor of Oxford University).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- calrendon
- cclarendon
- claerndon
- clarednon
- clarenddon
- clarendno
- clarendonn
- clarenndon
- clarenodn
- clarnedon
- clarrendon
- cllarendon
- clraendon
- lcarendon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Clarendon - 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.
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 "Clarendon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.