Holdsworth
"holdsworth" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Holdsworth” is uncommon English (frequency #55,493 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,493
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0828).
Corpus desk
Index EN-holdsworth · Holdsworth · English
Holdsworth · rank #55,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,493
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hooke
Nearest frequency peer: Hooke (+3 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 “Holdsworth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- headpiece
headpiece
44,514 corpus weight
- hermits
hermits
44,512 corpus weight
- Holdsworth
Holdsworth
44,508 corpus weight
- Hooke
Hooke
44,505 corpus weight
- horsey
horsey
44,504 corpus weight
- Hoxton
Hoxton
44,503 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Holdsworth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holdsworth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Holdsworth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Holdsworth is uncommon English at frequency #55,493 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Holdsworth in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Old English personal name Halda + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The correct English form is Holdsworth, spelled H-O-L-D-S-W-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0828).
- 2A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Halda + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
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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