Effingham

name

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

The verdict

“Effingham” is uncommon English (frequency #62,115 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,115
frequency rank, English
18,836
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).

Key facts for Effingham
PropertyValue
HeadwordEffingham
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,115
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Effingham” 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). Effingham lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

Effingham is uncommon English at frequency #62,115 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Effingham in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin. The correct English form is Effingham, spelled E-F-F-I-N-G-H-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
  2. 2
    A hamlet in the town of Pelham, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:
  6. 6
    A place in the United States:

Etymology

From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

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 "Effingham"?
"Effingham" is spelled E-F-F-I-N-G-H-A-M.
What does "Effingham" mean?
As a proper noun, "Effingham" means: A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
What is the origin of the word "Effingham"?
From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Effingham”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is E-F-F-I-N-G-H-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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