Duffield
"duffield" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Duffield” is uncommon English (frequency #54,749 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,749
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-duffield · Duffield · English
Duffield · rank #54,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,749
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dothraki
Nearest frequency peer: Dothraki (-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 “Duffield”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dolla
dolla
45,256 corpus weight
- domaine
domaine
45,255 corpus weight
- dorsum
dorsum
45,254 corpus weight
- Dothraki
Dothraki
45,253 corpus weight
- Duffield
Duffield
45,252 corpus weight
- DWTS
DWTS
45,251 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Duffield” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Duffield |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Duffield” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Duffield is uncommon English at frequency #54,749 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Duffield in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: * (Place in England) Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as Duvelle. From Old English Dūfefeld, a compound of *dūfe (“dove”) + feld (“field”). The correct English form is Duffield, spelled D-U-F-F-I-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.
- 3A village and civil parish in Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3443).
- 4An unincorporated community in Gaines Township, Genesee County, Michigan, United States.
- 5A town in Scott County, Virginia, United States.
Etymology
* (Place in England) Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as Duvelle. From Old English Dūfefeld, a compound of *dūfe (“dove”) + feld (“field”).
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).