Plimpton
/ˈplɪmptən/
"plimpton" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Plimpton” is uncommon English (frequency #68,540 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,540
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plimpton · Plimpton · English
Plimpton · rank #68,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,540
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pomade
Nearest frequency peer: pomade (+2 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 “Plimpton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- piso
piso
31,466 corpus weight
- pitty
pitty
31,465 corpus weight
- pizzazz
pizzazz
31,464 corpus weight
- Plimpton
Plimpton
31,461 corpus weight
- pomade
pomade
31,459 corpus weight
- poppet
poppet
31,458 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Plimpton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Plimpton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈplɪmptən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Plimpton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Plimpton is uncommon English at frequency #68,540 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈplɪmptən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Plimpton in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: A variant of Plympton or Plumpton. The correct English form is Plimpton, spelled P-L-I-M-P-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
A variant of Plympton or Plumpton.
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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