# Fremantle

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,677

## Definitions
1. An English surname from Old French.
2. A major port city and suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
3. A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Fremantle.

## Etymology
The surname is a variant of Freemantle. The Australian seaport is named after Captain (later Admiral) Charles Howe Fremantle, who pronounced British possession of Western Australia and established a camp at the site of the now port.

## Common misspellings (14)
`fermantle`, `ffremantle`, `freamntle`, `fremanlte`, `fremanntle`, `fremantel`, `fremantlle`, `fremanttle`, `frematnle`, `fremmantle`, `fremnatle`, `frmeantle`, `frremantle`, `rfemantle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fremantle