Orford
/ˈɔːfəd/
"orford" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Orford” is uncommon English (frequency #66,901 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,901
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A number of places:
Corpus desk
Index EN-orford · Orford · English
Orford · rank #66,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,901
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH opine
Nearest frequency peer: opine (-3 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 “Orford”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- oligopoly
oligopoly
33,107 corpus weight
- opine
opine
33,103 corpus weight
- Orford
Orford
33,100 corpus weight
- orthographic
orthographic
33,097 corpus weight
- Ostia
Ostia
33,096 corpus weight
- otolaryngol…
otolaryngology
33,093 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Orford” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Orford |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɔːfəd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Orford” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Orford is uncommon English at frequency #66,901 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɔːfəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Orford, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”). The correct English form is Orford, spelled O-R-F-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1A number of places:
- 2A number of places:
- 3A number of places:
- 4A number of places:
- 5A number of places:
- 6A number of places:
- 7A number of places:
- 8A habitational surname from Old English.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Orford appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.
Etymology
From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).
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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