Leadville

name

"leadville" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Leadville” is uncommon English (frequency #66,037 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,037
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-leadville · Leadville · English

Leadville · rank #66,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,037
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH LCM

Nearest frequency peer: LCM (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “Leadville”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Leadville
PropertyValue
HeadwordLeadville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,037
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Leadville” 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).Leadvillefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “LCM” (#66,036), “legless” (#66,038), “Latinx” (#66,035). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “Leadville” is #66,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Leadville is uncommon English at frequency #66,037 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Leadville doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the mineral lead + -ville. The correct English form is Leadville, spelled L-E-A-D-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Lake County, Colorado, United States.
  2. 2
    A small town in Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

From the mineral lead + -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 "Leadville"?
"Leadville" is spelled L-E-A-D-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Leadville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Leadville" means: A city, the county seat of Lake County, Colorado, United States.
What is the origin of the word "Leadville"?
From the mineral lead + -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 "Leadville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list