Edwardsville

Name: Edwardsville, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Edwardsville” is uncommon English (frequency #67,394 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,394
frequency rank, English: 18,836
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A number of places in the United States:

Key facts for Edwardsville
Property	Value
Headword	Edwardsville
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#67,394
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Edwardsville” 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). Edwardsville lands here:

#67,394

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

Rare enough to double-check

Edwardsville is uncommon English at frequency #67,394 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Edwardsville in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Edwards + -ville or Edward + -s- + -ville. The correct English form is Edwardsville, spelled E-D-W-A-R-D-S-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A suburban area in Treharris community, Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales, named after pub landlord Edmund Edwards (OS grid ref ST0896).

Etymology

From Edwards + -ville or Edward + -s- + -ville.

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 "Edwardsville"?

"Edwardsville" is spelled E-D-W-A-R-D-S-V-I-L-L-E.

What does "Edwardsville" mean?

As a proper noun, "Edwardsville" means: A number of places in the United States:

What is the origin of the word "Edwardsville"?

From Edwards + -ville or Edward + -s- + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Edwardsville”

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

The one correct English spelling is E-D-W-A-R-D-S-V-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.