Musselburgh
/ˈmʌsəlbəɹə/
"musselburgh" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Musselburgh” is uncommon English (frequency #66,857 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,857
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland; historically it was in Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3472).
Corpus desk
Index EN-musselburgh · Musselburgh · English
Musselburgh · rank #66,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,857
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH municipally
Nearest frequency peer: municipally (-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 “Musselburgh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- moonwalk
moonwalk
33,154 corpus weight
- Mulvey
Mulvey
33,147 corpus weight
- municipally
municipally
33,145 corpus weight
- Musselburgh
Musselburgh
33,144 corpus weight
- Nakano
Nakano
33,142 corpus weight
- NDE
NDE
33,137 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Musselburgh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Musselburgh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmʌsəlbəɹə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Musselburgh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Musselburgh is uncommon English at frequency #66,857 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmʌsəlbəɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Musselburgh, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mussel (“shellfish”) + burgh. The correct English form is Musselburgh, spelled M-U-S-S-E-L-B-U-R-G-H.
Definition
- 1A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland; historically it was in Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3472).
- 2A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, named after the Scottish town.
Etymology
From mussel (“shellfish”) + burgh.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).