Kensington

Name: Kensington, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/

//ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən// name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Kensington” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,577. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,577
frequency rank, English: 9,255
“K” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An affluent area of west London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.

Key facts for Kensington
Property	Value
Headword	Kensington
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	/ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#14,577
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kensington” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Kensington lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Kensington (IPA /ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,577 among 9,255 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 22 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kensington, with forms such as "eknsington", "kenisngton", and "kennsington". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”). The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London. The correct English form is Kensington, spelled K-E-N-S-I-N-G-T-O-N.

Definition

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An affluent area of west London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.
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A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).
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A suburb of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.
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A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
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A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”). The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eknsington
kenisngton
kennsington
kensignton
kensinggton
kensingotn
kensingtno
kensingtonn
kensingtton
kensinngton
kensintgon
kensnigton
kenssington
kesnington
kkensington
knesington

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kensington - 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.

Edit distance from "Kensington"

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 "Kensington"?

"Kensington" is spelled K-E-N-S-I-N-G-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/.

What does "Kensington" mean?

As a proper noun, "Kensington" means: An affluent area of west London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.

What are common misspellings of "Kensington"?

Common misspellings include "eknsington", "kenisngton", "kennsington", "kensignton", "kensinggton". The correct spelling is "Kensington".

How do you pronounce "Kensington"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kensington" is /ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "Kensington"?

From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”). The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Kensington”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is K-E-N-S-I-N-G-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.