Oglethorpe

name

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

The verdict

“Oglethorpe” is uncommon English (frequency #64,586 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,586
frequency rank, English
15,494
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Old Norse.

Key facts for Oglethorpe
PropertyValue
HeadwordOglethorpe
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,586
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Oglethorpe” 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). Oglethorpe lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Oglethorpe is uncommon English at frequency #64,586 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Oglethorpe, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the Old Norse personal name Oddketill + thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements odd (“point of a weapon”) + ketill (“cauldron”). The correct English form is Oglethorpe, spelled O-G-L-E-T-H-O-R-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Old Norse.
  2. 2
    A small city, the county seat of Macon County, Georgia, United States.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the Old Norse personal name Oddketill + thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements odd (“point of a weapon”) + ketill (“cauldron”).

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 "Oglethorpe"?
"Oglethorpe" is spelled O-G-L-E-T-H-O-R-P-E.
What does "Oglethorpe" mean?
As a proper noun, "Oglethorpe" means: A surname from Old Norse.
What is the origin of the word "Oglethorpe"?
Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the Old Norse personal name Oddketill + thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements odd (“point of a weapon”) + ketill (“cauldron”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Oglethorpe”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is O-G-L-E-T-H-O-R-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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