# Fleetwood

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈfliːt.wʊd/ · frequency rank #24,448

## Definitions
1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348).
2. A town centre in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
3. A neighbourhood of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, United States.
4. A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
5. A surname.
6. The word used for the 35 in telephone numbers prefixes starting with 35. A corresponding letter for 3 can be an F, and a corresponding letter for 5 can be an L. For example, the phone number 35?-???? could be said as, "Fleetwood ?????". This helps to reduce errors made when exchanging contact information. See Wikipedia article, Telephone exchange names

## Etymology
From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

## Common misspellings (13)
`feletwood`, `ffleetwood`, `fleetowod`, `fleettwood`, `fleetwod`, `fleetwodo`, `fleetwoodd`, `fleetwwood`, `fleewtood`, `fletewood`, `fletwood`, `flleetwood`, `lfeetwood`

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