Jeffersonville

name

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"jeffersonville" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Jeffersonville” is uncommon English (frequency #77,815 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,815
frequency rank, English
796
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small city, the county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-jeffersonville · Jeffersonville · English

Jeffersonville · rank #77,815 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,815
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 796
  • PHOTO-FINISH jacaranda

Nearest frequency peer: jacaranda (-3 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “Jeffersonville”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jeffersonville
PropertyValue
HeadwordJeffersonville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters14
Frequency rank#77,815
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Jeffersonville” 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).Jeffersonvillefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “jacaranda” (#77,812), “Jhansi” (#77,819), “Jaap” (#77,810). Among 796 “J” headwords, “Jeffersonville” is #77,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jeffersonville is uncommon English at frequency #77,815 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Jeffersonville doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Jefferson + -ville. The correct English form is Jeffersonville, spelled J-E-F-F-E-R-S-O-N-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small city, the county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States.
  2. 2
    A village in Wayne County, Illinois, United States.
  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, United States.
  4. 4
    A home rule city in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. 5
    A village in Sullivan County, New York, United States.
  6. 6
    A village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States.
  7. 7
    A village in Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.

Etymology

From Jefferson + -ville.

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 "Jeffersonville"?
"Jeffersonville" is spelled J-E-F-F-E-R-S-O-N-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Jeffersonville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jeffersonville" means: A small city, the county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States.
What is the origin of the word "Jeffersonville"?
From Jefferson + -ville. 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 "Jeffersonville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list