# Falkirk

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,412

## Definitions
1. A town in Falkirk council area, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.
2. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, and previously a local government district in Central Region (1975–1996).

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Faukirke, from Old English fāg (“multicoloured”) + ċiriċe (“church”), a calque of Middle Irish Eiglesbrec (literally “speckled church”), probably ultimately from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) + Cumbric *vreith (“speckled”). The l is first attested in the 15th century, likely a hypercorrection by analogy with terms such as wall (Scots wa). Compare Medieval Latin Varia Capella (“Falkirk”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`aflkirk`, `faklirk`, `falikrk`, `falkikr`, `falkirkk`, `falkirrk`, `falkkirk`, `falkrik`, `fallkirk`, `ffalkirk`, `flakirk`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/falkirk