Cottrell
"cottrell" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cottrell” is uncommon English (frequency #52,243 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,243
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cottrell · Cottrell · English
Cottrell · rank #52,243 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,243
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH countable
Nearest frequency peer: countable (+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 “Cottrell”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cosine
cosine
47,761 corpus weight
- cosmonaut
cosmonaut
47,760 corpus weight
- Cottrell
Cottrell
47,758 corpus weight
- countable
countable
47,757 corpus weight
- couplet
couplet
47,756 corpus weight
- cricketing
cricketing
47,754 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cottrell” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cottrell |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cottrell” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cottrell is uncommon English at frequency #52,243 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Cottrell doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French coterel, a diminutive of cotier (“cottager”). The correct English form is Cottrell, spelled C-O-T-T-R-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old French.
- 2An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.
Etymology
From Old French coterel, a diminutive of cotier (“cottager”).
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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