Islington
/ˈɪzlɪŋtən/
"islington" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Islington” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,475
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An inner district of north London, England.
Corpus desk
Index EN-islington · Islington · English
Islington · rank #26,475 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,475
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH issuer
Nearest frequency peer: issuer (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Islington”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- infographic
infographic
73,529 corpus weight
- infringing
infringing
73,528 corpus weight
- Islington
Islington
73,526 corpus weight
- issuer
issuer
73,525 corpus weight
- Keenan
Keenan
73,523 corpus weight
- keg
keg
73,522 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Islington” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Islington |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪzlɪŋtən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Islington” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Islington (IPA /ˈɪzlɪŋtən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,475 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Islington, with forms such as "ilsington", "isilngton", and "islignton". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Islington, spelled I-S-L-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1An inner district of north London, England.
- 2A London borough of Greater London.
- 3A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- 4A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilsington
- isilngton
- islignton
- islinggton
- islingotn
- islingtno
- islingtonn
- islingtton
- islinngton
- islintgon
- isllington
- islnigton
- isslington
- silington
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Islington - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Islington", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.