Dulwich
/ˈdʌlɪt͡ʃ/
"dulwich" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dulwich” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,207 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #48,207
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Southwark and borough of Lambeth.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dulwich |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʌlɪt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dulwich” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Dulwich is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdʌlɪt͡ʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,207 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dulwich, with forms such as "ddulwich", "dluwich", and "duliwch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Dulwich, spelled D-U-L-W-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1A suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Southwark and borough of Lambeth.
- 2A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddulwich,dluwich,duliwch,dullwich,dulwcih,dulwicch,dulwichh,dulwihc,dulwwich,duwlich,udlwich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dulwich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Dulwich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-L-W-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdʌlɪt͡ʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.