Longworth
"longworth" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Longworth” is uncommon English (frequency #55,566 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,566
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A village in Oxfordshire, England (historically Berkshire).
Corpus desk
Index EN-longworth · Longworth · English
Longworth · rank #55,566 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,566
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lobotomy
Nearest frequency peer: lobotomy (-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 “Longworth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Linwood
Linwood
44,440 corpus weight
- Livonia
Livonia
44,437 corpus weight
- lobotomy
lobotomy
44,436 corpus weight
- Longworth
Longworth
44,435 corpus weight
- lorimer
lorimer
44,434 corpus weight
- Lowestoft
Lowestoft
44,432 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Longworth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Longworth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Longworth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Longworth is uncommon English at frequency #55,566 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Longworth, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English lang (“long”) + worþ (“enclosure”). The correct English form is Longworth, spelled L-O-N-G-W-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1A village in Oxfordshire, England (historically Berkshire).
- 2A surname.
Etymology
From Old English lang (“long”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).