# Freetown

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,726

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Sierra Leone.

## Etymology
From free + town, as being formerly settled by freed slaves.

## Common misspellings (12)
`feretown`, `ffreetown`, `freeotwn`, `freetonw`, `freetownn`, `freetowwn`, `freettown`, `freetwon`, `freteown`, `fretown`, `frreetown`, `rfeetown`

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