Dunwich

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"dunwich" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Dunwich” is an uncommon English word, ranked #82,251 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#82,251
frequency rank, English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small coastal village and civil parish (without a council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4770).

Key facts for Dunwich
PropertyValue
HeadwordDunwich
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Dunwich” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Dunwich lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Dunwich is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #82,251 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dunwich, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English dūn (“hill”) + wīċ (“village”). The correct English form is Dunwich, spelled D-U-N-W-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small coastal village and civil parish (without a council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4770).
  2. 2
    A town on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.
  3. 3
    A former township in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, now part of Dutton/Dunwich.

Etymology

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + wīċ (“village”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dunwich"?
"Dunwich" is spelled D-U-N-W-I-C-H.
What does "Dunwich" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dunwich" means: A small coastal village and civil parish (without a council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4770).
What is the origin of the word "Dunwich"?
From Old English dūn (“hill”) + wīċ (“village”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Dunwich”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-U-N-W-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list