Machynlleth
"machynlleth" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Machynlleth” is uncommon English (frequency #95,097 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,097
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SH7400).
Corpus desk
Index EN-machynlleth · Machynlleth · English
Machynlleth · rank #95,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,097
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH macky
Nearest frequency peer: macky (+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 “Machynlleth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lothrop
Lothrop
4,911 corpus weight
- lynchpin
lynchpin
4,908 corpus weight
- Machynlleth
Machynlleth
4,904 corpus weight
- macky
macky
4,903 corpus weight
- MacPhail
MacPhail
4,902 corpus weight
- Mahar
Mahar
4,898 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Machynlleth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Machynlleth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Machynlleth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Machynlleth is uncommon English at frequency #95,097 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SH7400).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Machynlleth, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Welsh. The correct English form is Machynlleth, spelled M-A-C-H-Y-N-L-L-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SH7400).
Etymology
From Welsh.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).