Flintshire
/ˈflɪnt.ʃə(ɹ)/
"flintshire" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Flintshire” is uncommon English (frequency #51,118 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,118
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detache...
Corpus desk
Index EN-flintshire · Flintshire · English
Flintshire · rank #51,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,118
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flexor
Nearest frequency peer: flexor (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Flintshire”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fibreglass
fibreglass
48,889 corpus weight
- flaking
flaking
48,887 corpus weight
- flecks
flecks
48,885 corpus weight
- flexor
flexor
48,884 corpus weight
- Flintshire
Flintshire
48,883 corpus weight
- FRC
FRC
48,879 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Flintshire” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flintshire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈflɪnt.ʃə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Flintshire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Flintshire is uncommon English at frequency #51,118 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈflɪnt.ʃə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Flintshire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Flint + -shire, also once known as the County of Flint. The correct English form is Flintshire, spelled F-L-I-N-T-S-H-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detached part, Maelor Saesneg, is bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire, on the northeast by Cheshire, and on the south by Shropshire. There is a further small detached part around Marford.
- 2A local government area of Wales. It borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire.
Etymology
From Flint + -shire, also once known as the County of Flint.
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.
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