Middlebury

name

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"middlebury" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Middlebury” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,762
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-middlebury · Middlebury · English

Middlebury · rank #47,762 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,762
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH millisecond

Nearest frequency peer: millisecond (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Middlebury”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Middlebury” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Middlebury
PropertyValue
HeadwordMiddlebury
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,762
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Middlebury”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Middleburylands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “millisecond” (#47,763), “Merthyr” (#47,760), “memorization” (#47,757). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Middlebury” is #47,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Middlebury, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,762 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Middlebury, with forms such as "imddlebury", "mdidlebury", and "middelbury". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From middle + -bury. Doublet of Middleburg and Middlesbrough. Cf. also Middelburg. The correct English form is Middlebury, spelled M-I-D-D-L-E-B-U-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
  2. 2
    A former village in Kane County, Illinois, United States, incorporated into the village of Barrington Hills.
  3. 3
    A town in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.
  4. 4
    A town in Wyoming County, New York, United States.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States.
  6. 6
    A town, the shire town of Addison County, Vermont, United States.
  7. 7
    An unincorporated community in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.

Etymology

From middle + -bury. Doublet of Middleburg and Middlesbrough. Cf. also Middelburg.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imddlebury
  • mdidlebury
  • middelbury
  • middlbeury
  • middlebbury
  • middlebruy
  • middleburry
  • middleburyy
  • middlebuyr
  • middleubry
  • middllebury
  • midldebury
  • midlebury
  • mmiddlebury

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Middlebury - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imddlebury2mdidlebury2middelbury2middlbeury2middlebbury1middlebruy2middleburry1middleburyy1
Edit distance from "Middlebury"

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 "Middlebury"?
"Middlebury" is spelled M-I-D-D-L-E-B-U-R-Y.
What does "Middlebury" mean?
As a proper noun, "Middlebury" means: A town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
What are common misspellings of "Middlebury"?
Common misspellings include "imddlebury", "mdidlebury", "middelbury", "middlbeury", "middlebbury". The correct spelling is "Middlebury".
What is the origin of the word "Middlebury"?
From middle + -bury. Doublet of Middleburg and Middlesbrough. Cf. also Middelburg. 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 "Middlebury", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list