Feltham
/ˈfɛltəm/
"feltham" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Feltham” is uncommon English (frequency #82,288 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,288
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A suburban town in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1073).
Corpus desk
Index EN-feltham · Feltham · English
Feltham · rank #82,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,288
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH Feldstein
Nearest frequency peer: Feldstein (-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 “Feltham”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fabergé
Fabergé
17,719 corpus weight
- farmhand
farmhand
17,718 corpus weight
- Feldstein
Feldstein
17,714 corpus weight
- Feltham
Feltham
17,713 corpus weight
- Fenerbahce
Fenerbahce
17,712 corpus weight
- Fermat
Fermat
17,711 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Feltham” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Feltham |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛltəm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Feltham” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Feltham is uncommon English at frequency #82,288 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈfɛltəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Feltham doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Two main origins: * The town in Greater London is from either Old English feld (“field”) or felte (“mullein”) + hām (“homestead”). * The hamlet in Somerset is from Old English fileþe (“hay”) + hām (“homestead”). The correct English form is Feltham, spelled F-E-L-T-H-A-M.
Definition
- 1A suburban town in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1073).
- 2A hamlet in Pitminster parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2317).
- 3A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
Two main origins: * The town in Greater London is from either Old English feld (“field”) or felte (“mullein”) + hām (“homestead”). * The hamlet in Somerset is from Old English fileþe (“hay”) + hām (“homestead”).
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 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.