Coulthard
"coulthard" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Coulthard” is uncommon English (frequency #58,615 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,615
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Middle English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coulthard · Coulthard · English
Coulthard · rank #58,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,615
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cosplayer
Nearest frequency peer: cosplayer (-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 “Coulthard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Columba
Columba
41,392 corpus weight
- corded
corded
41,389 corpus weight
- cosplayer
cosplayer
41,387 corpus weight
- Coulthard
Coulthard
41,386 corpus weight
- Covina
Covina
41,384 corpus weight
- Cruella
Cruella
41,381 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Coulthard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Coulthard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Coulthard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Coulthard is uncommon English at frequency #58,615 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Middle English.".
Coulthard has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English colthard (“someone who looks after horses”), from colt (“colt”) + herde (“herdsman”). The correct English form is Coulthard, spelled C-O-U-L-T-H-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A surname from Middle English.
Etymology
From Middle English colthard (“someone who looks after horses”), from colt (“colt”) + herde (“herdsman”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).