Ossining
/ˈɑsɪnɪŋ/
"ossining" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ossining” is uncommon English (frequency #91,886 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,886
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in Westchester County, New York.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ossining · Ossining · English
Ossining · rank #91,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,886
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Osment
Nearest frequency peer: Osment (-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 “Ossining”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ooi
Ooi
8,118 corpus weight
- orogenic
orogenic
8,117 corpus weight
- Osment
Osment
8,116 corpus weight
- Ossining
Ossining
8,115 corpus weight
- outstripping
outstripping
8,111 corpus weight
- Ovaltine
Ovaltine
8,110 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ossining” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ossining |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑsɪnɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ossining” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ossining is uncommon English at frequency #91,886 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɑsɪnɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Ossining has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier Ossingsing, named for the nearby Sing Sing Kill, borrowed from Dutch Sintsing, Sintsinck, from Munsee *ăsúnchung (*ăsə́nčəng), *ăshúnshung (*ăšə́nšəng, “at the small stone”), ăsún (ăsə́n, “stone”) + -ush (-əš, diminutive suffix) + -ung (-əng, l… The correct English form is Ossining, spelled O-S-S-I-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A town in Westchester County, New York.
- 2A village, within this town; the site of Sing Sing prison.
Etymology
From earlier Ossingsing, named for the nearby Sing Sing Kill, borrowed from Dutch Sintsing, Sintsinck, from Munsee *ăsúnchung (*ăsə́nčəng), *ăshúnshung (*ăšə́nšəng, “at the small stone”), ăsún (ăsə́n, “stone”) + -ush (-əš, diminutive suffix) + -ung (-əng, locative suffix), from Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenya. The prison located on the site retains the older form of the name, Sing Sing.
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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