# Fredericksburg

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈfɹɛ.dɹɪksˌbɜɹɡ/ · frequency rank #35,305

## Definitions
1. An independent city in Virginia; named for Frederick, Prince of Wales.
2. A city, the county seat of Gillespie County, Texas; named for Prince Frederick of Prussia.
3. A census-designated place in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; named for early settler Frederick Stump.
4. A city in Iowa; named for Frederick Padden, who platted the town.
5. A census-designated place in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
6. A village in Ohio; named for Jacob Frederick, who platted the village.
7. A census-designated place in Indiana; named for Frederick Royse, original owner of the town site.

## Etymology
From Frederick + -s- + -burg. The Texas city name comes from Texas German Friedrichsburg.

## Common misspellings (23)
`ferdericksburg`, `ffredericksburg`, `frdeericksburg`, `freddericksburg`, `fredeircksburg`, `frederciksburg`, `fredericcksburg`, `frederickbsurg`, `frederickksburg`, `fredericksbburg`, `fredericksbrug`, `fredericksbugr`, `fredericksburgg`, `fredericksburrg`, `frederickssburg`, `fredericksubrg`, `fredericskburg`, `frederikcsburg`, `frederricksburg`, `fredreicksburg`, `freedricksburg`, `frredericksburg`, `rfedericksburg`

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