Denbighshire
/ˈdɛnbiːʃə(ɹ)/
"denbighshire" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Denbighshire” is uncommon English (frequency #52,263 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,263
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A county in north-east Wales, bordered by Wrexham, Flintshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys
Corpus desk
Index EN-denbighshire · Denbighshire · English
Denbighshire · rank #52,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,263
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH defund
Nearest frequency peer: defund (-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 “Denbighshire”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deejay
deejay
47,742 corpus weight
- dees
dees
47,741 corpus weight
- defecation
defecation
47,740 corpus weight
- defund
defund
47,739 corpus weight
- Denbighshire
Denbighshire
47,738 corpus weight
- dern
dern
47,736 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Denbighshire” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Denbighshire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛnbiːʃə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Denbighshire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Denbighshire is uncommon English at frequency #52,263 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdɛnbiːʃə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Denbighshire, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Denbigh + -shire. The correct English form is Denbighshire, spelled D-E-N-B-I-G-H-S-H-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A county in north-east Wales, bordered by Wrexham, Flintshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys
- 2A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.
Etymology
From Denbigh + -shire.
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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