Lansdown
"lansdown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lansdown” is uncommon English (frequency #92,794 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,794
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A surname from Old English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lansdown · Lansdown · English
Lansdown · rank #92,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,794
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lampooning
Nearest frequency peer: lampooning (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lansdown”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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kumara
7,215 corpus weight
- lampooning
lampooning
7,209 corpus weight
- Lansdown
Lansdown
7,207 corpus weight
- lbf
lbf
7,203 corpus weight
- Lecce
Lecce
7,202 corpus weight
- Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
7,201 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lansdown” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lansdown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lansdown” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lansdown is uncommon English at frequency #92,794 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Lansdown, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname, probably from Old English langet (“long strip of ground”) + dūn (“hill”). The correct English form is Lansdown, spelled L-A-N-S-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English.
- 2A neighbourhood in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9321).
- 3A hamlet in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7268).
- 4A suburb of Bath, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7466).
Etymology
Habitational surname, probably from Old English langet (“long strip of ground”) + dūn (“hill”).
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.