Harlech
/ˈhɑː(ɹ)lɛx/
"harlech" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Harlech” is uncommon English (frequency #88,409 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,409
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small coastal town and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5831).
Corpus desk
Index EN-harlech · Harlech · English
Harlech · rank #88,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,409
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hames
Nearest frequency peer: hames (-2 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 “Harlech”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gulden
gulden
11,599 corpus weight
- Gyles
Gyles
11,597 corpus weight
- hames
hames
11,594 corpus weight
- Harlech
Harlech
11,592 corpus weight
- Haughey
Haughey
11,589 corpus weight
- hazed
hazed
11,587 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Harlech” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harlech |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɑː(ɹ)lɛx/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Harlech” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Harlech is uncommon English at frequency #88,409 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɑː(ɹ)lɛx/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small coastal town and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5831).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Harlech, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Welsh. The correct English form is Harlech, spelled H-A-R-L-E-C-H.
Definition
- 1A small coastal town and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5831).
Etymology
From Welsh.
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.
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