Jonesboro
"jonesboro" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jonesboro” is uncommon English (frequency #53,038 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,038
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The name of several towns and cities, including:
Corpus desk
Index EN-jonesboro · Jonesboro · English
Jonesboro · rank #53,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,038
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Jenkinson
Nearest frequency peer: Jenkinson (-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 “Jonesboro”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jaunty
jaunty
46,967 corpus weight
- Jenkinson
Jenkinson
46,965 corpus weight
- Jonesboro
Jonesboro
46,963 corpus weight
- jughead
jughead
46,961 corpus weight
- Julianna
Julianna
46,960 corpus weight
- Jutland
Jutland
46,959 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Jonesboro” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jonesboro |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Jonesboro” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Jonesboro is uncommon English at frequency #53,038 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Jonesboro, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Jones + -boro. The correct English form is Jonesboro, spelled J-O-N-E-S-B-O-R-O.
Definition
- 1The name of several towns and cities, including:
- 2The name of several towns and cities, including:
- 3The name of several towns and cities, including:
- 4The name of several towns and cities, including:
- 5The name of several towns and cities, including:
Etymology
From Jones + -boro.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).