# Orwell

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɔːwɛl/ · frequency rank #23,930

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3650).
2. A tidal river in Suffolk, England.
3. A settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:
9. An English surname (George Orwell took his name from the River Orwell).

## Etymology
From Middle English Orewelle (attested in Chaucer).

## Easily confused with
- **Odell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odell-vs-orwell)
- **oreal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oreal-vs-orwell)
- **ordeal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ordeal-vs-orwell)

## Common misspellings (7)
`orewll`, `orrwell`, `orwel`, `orwlel`, `orwwell`, `owrell`, `rowell`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/orwell