# Folkestone

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈfoʊkstən/ · frequency rank #44,209

## Definitions
1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2235).

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name *Folca, genitive singular *Folcan + stān (“stone”). The change to folces stan is probably due to false association with Old English folc (“people”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`ffolkestone`, `flokestone`, `foklestone`, `folekstone`, `folkesotne`, `folkesstone`, `folkestnoe`, `folkestoen`, `folkestonne`, `folkesttone`, `folketsone`, `folkkestone`, `folksetone`, `follkestone`, `oflkestone`

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