Harington

name

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"harington" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Harington” is uncommon English (frequency #51,744 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,744
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-harington · Harington · English

Harington · rank #51,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,744
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hannan

Nearest frequency peer: Hannan (-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 “Harington”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Harington” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Harington
PropertyValue
HeadwordHarington
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,744
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Harington” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Haringtonfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Hannan” (#51,743), “Hampson” (#51,742), “Haverhill” (#51,746). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “Harington” is #51,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Harington is uncommon English at frequency #51,744 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Harington in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Harrington. The correct English form is Harington, spelled H-A-R-I-N-G-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Variant of Harrington.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Harington"?
"Harington" is spelled H-A-R-I-N-G-T-O-N.
What does "Harington" mean?
As a proper noun, "Harington" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "Harington"?
Variant of Harrington. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Harington", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Haverhill#51,746Hazelwood#51,747headboard#51,748Herculean#51,753

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list