Lewistown

Name: Lewistown, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Lewistown” is uncommon English (frequency #90,663 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,663
frequency rank, English: 16,425
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small community in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales (OS grid ref SN9388).

Key facts for Lewistown
Property	Value
Headword	Lewistown
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#90,663
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lewistown” 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). Lewistown lands here:

#90,663

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

Lewistown is uncommon English at frequency #90,663 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Lewistown has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Lewis + town. The correct English form is Lewistown, spelled L-E-W-I-S-T-O-W-N.

Definition

1
A small community in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales (OS grid ref SN9388).
2
A city, the county seat of Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
3
An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States.
4
An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland.
5
An unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland.
6
A small city in Lewis County, Missouri, United States.
7
A city, the county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States.
8
A census-designated place in Logan County, Ohio, United States.
9
A borough, the county seat of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Etymology

From Lewis + town.

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 "Lewistown"?

"Lewistown" is spelled L-E-W-I-S-T-O-W-N.

What does "Lewistown" mean?

As a proper noun, "Lewistown" means: A small community in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales (OS grid ref SN9388).

What is the origin of the word "Lewistown"?

From Lewis + town. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Lewistown”

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

The one correct English spelling is L-E-W-I-S-T-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.