# Hornby

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɔːnbiː/ · frequency rank #45,434

## Definitions
1. A village in Hornby-with-Farleton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5868).
2. A village and civil parish (served by Smeaton and Hornby Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3605).
3. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2293).
4. A community in the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.
5. A town and hamlet therein, in Steuben County, New York, United States, named after landowner John Hornby.
6. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
7. A surname derived from the English place name.

## Easily confused with
- **horns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hornby-vs-horns)
- **horny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hornby-vs-horny)
- **hornet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hornby-vs-hornet)
- **horned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hornby-vs-horned)
- **horner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hornby-vs-horner)
- **Hornsby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hornby-vs-hornsby)
- **horn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horn-vs-hornby)
- **honey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honey-vs-hornby)
- **hobby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobby-vs-hornby)
- **honky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honky-vs-hornby)
- **hereby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hereby-vs-hornby)
- **Holtby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holtby-vs-hornby)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hhornby`, `honrby`, `horbny`, `hornbby`, `hornbyy`, `hornnby`, `hornyb`, `horrnby`, `hronby`, `ohrnby`

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