Monroeville

Name: Monroeville, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Monroeville” is uncommon English (frequency #80,686 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,686
frequency rank, English: 36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Alabama, United States.

Key facts for Monroeville
Property	Value
Headword	Monroeville
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#80,686
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Monroeville” 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). Monroeville lands here:

#80,686

#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

Monroeville is uncommon English at frequency #80,686 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Monroeville, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Monroe + -ville. The correct English form is Monroeville, spelled M-O-N-R-O-E-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

1
A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Alabama, United States.
2
A former settlement in Colusa County, California.
3
The former name of Hales Grove, California.
4
A town in Allen County, Indiana.
5
An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
6
An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey.
7
A village in Huron County, Ohio.
8
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
9
A city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Etymology

From Monroe + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Monroeville"?

"Monroeville" is spelled M-O-N-R-O-E-V-I-L-L-E.

What does "Monroeville" mean?

As a proper noun, "Monroeville" means: A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Alabama, United States.

What is the origin of the word "Monroeville"?

From Monroe + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Monroeville”

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

The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-R-O-E-V-I-L-L-E - 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.