Pilkington

name

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

The verdict

“Pilkington” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,106
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old English.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pilkington · Pilkington · English

Pilkington · rank #46,106 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,106
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pestering

Nearest frequency peer: pestering (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Pilkington”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Pilkington” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pilkington
PropertyValue
HeadwordPilkington
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#46,106
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Pilkington”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Pilkingtonlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “pestering” (#46,105), “Pizzagate” (#46,108), “plausibly” (#46,109). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “Pilkington” is #46,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Pilkington, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,106 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Old English.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pilkington, with forms such as "iplkington", "piklington", and "pilikngton". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: English habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from an Old English personal name *Pīleca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The correct English form is Pilkington, spelled P-I-L-K-I-N-G-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.

Etymology

English habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from an Old English personal name *Pīleca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iplkington
  • piklington
  • pilikngton
  • pilkignton
  • pilkinggton
  • pilkingotn
  • pilkingtno
  • pilkingtonn
  • pilkingtton
  • pilkinngton
  • pilkintgon
  • pilkkington
  • pilknigton
  • pillkington
  • plikington
  • ppilkington

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pilkington - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iplkington2piklington2pilikngton2pilkignton2pilkinggton1pilkingotn2pilkingtno2pilkingtonn1
Edit distance from "Pilkington"

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 "Pilkington"?
"Pilkington" is spelled P-I-L-K-I-N-G-T-O-N.
What does "Pilkington" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pilkington" means: A surname from Old English.
What are common misspellings of "Pilkington"?
Common misspellings include "iplkington", "piklington", "pilikngton", "pilkignton", "pilkinggton". The correct spelling is "Pilkington".
What is the origin of the word "Pilkington"?
English habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from an Old English personal name *Pīleca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pilkington", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list