Meadville

name

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

The verdict

“Meadville” is uncommon English (frequency #82,533 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,533
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A number of places in the United States:

Corpus desk

Index EN-meadville · Meadville · English

Meadville · rank #82,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,533
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 36,575
  • PHOTO-FINISH mechanicals

Nearest frequency peer: mechanicals (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Meadville”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Meadville” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Meadville
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeadville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,533
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Meadville” 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). Meadville lands here:

#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

Meadville is uncommon English at frequency #82,533 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Meadville, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the surname Mead + -ville. The correct English form is Meadville, spelled M-E-A-D-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:

Etymology

From the surname Mead + -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.

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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Meadville"?
"Meadville" is spelled M-E-A-D-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Meadville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Meadville" means: A number of places in the United States:
What is the origin of the word "Meadville"?
From the surname Mead + -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 "Meadville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list