Doulton
/ˈdoʊltən/
"doulton" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Doulton” is uncommon English (frequency #76,729 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,729
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doulton · Doulton · English
Doulton · rank #76,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,729
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH downtrend
Nearest frequency peer: downtrend (+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 “Doulton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dobrev
Dobrev
23,277 corpus weight
- doit
doit
23,275 corpus weight
- Doulton
Doulton
23,272 corpus weight
- downtrend
downtrend
23,271 corpus weight
- DRL
DRL
23,269 corpus weight
- drubbing
drubbing
23,267 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Doulton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Doulton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdoʊltən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Doulton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Doulton is uncommon English at frequency #76,729 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdoʊltən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Doulton, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Dalton. The correct English form is Doulton, spelled D-O-U-L-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Variant of Dalton.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).