conurbation
/ˌkɒnəˈbeɪʃən/
"conurbation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“conurbation” is uncommon English (frequency #95,851 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,851
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
Corpus desk
Index EN-conurbation · conurbation · English
conurbation · rank #95,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,851
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH contrarily
Nearest frequency peer: contrarily (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “conurbation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Coningsby
Coningsby
4,154 corpus weight
- contracture
contracture
4,152 corpus weight
- contrarily
contrarily
4,151 corpus weight
- conurbation
conurbation
4,150 corpus weight
- coterminous
coterminous
4,146 corpus weight
- coto
coto
4,145 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “conurbation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conurbation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɒnəˈbeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “conurbation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
conurbation is uncommon English at frequency #95,851 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɒnəˈbeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for conurbation in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin con- (“together”) + urbs (“city”) + -ation. Coined by Scottish biologist, sociologist, and geographer Patrick Geddes in 1915. The correct English form is conurbation, spelled C-O-N-U-R-B-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
Etymology
From Latin con- (“together”) + urbs (“city”) + -ation. Coined by Scottish biologist, sociologist, and geographer Patrick Geddes in 1915.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).