Edgartown

name

"edgartown" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Edgartown” is uncommon English (frequency #94,811 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,811
frequency rank, English
18,836
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and the county seat of Dukes County.

Corpus desk

Index EN-edgartown · Edgartown · English

Edgartown · rank #94,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,811
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 18,836
  • PHOTO-FINISH economize

Nearest frequency peer: economize (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Edgartown”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Edgartown” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Edgartown
PropertyValue
HeadwordEdgartown
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Edgartown” 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). Edgartown lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

Edgartown is uncommon English at frequency #94,811 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and the county seat of Dukes County.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Edgartown, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Edgar + town; named after Edgar, Duke of Cambridge. The correct English form is Edgartown, spelled E-D-G-A-R-T-O-W-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A town on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and the county seat of Dukes County.

Etymology

From Edgar + town; named after Edgar, Duke of Cambridge.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Edgartown"?
"Edgartown" is spelled E-D-G-A-R-T-O-W-N.
What does "Edgartown" mean?
As a proper noun, "Edgartown" means: A town on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and the county seat of Dukes County.
What is the origin of the word "Edgartown"?
From Edgar + town; named after Edgar, Duke of Cambridge. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Edgartown", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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