Porterfield
"porterfield" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Porterfield” is uncommon English (frequency #77,107 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,107
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Scottish surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-porterfield · Porterfield · English
Porterfield · rank #77,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,107
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH poultice
Nearest frequency peer: poultice (+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 “Porterfield”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- polisher
polisher
22,899 corpus weight
- polymath
polymath
22,897 corpus weight
- pontifex
pontifex
22,896 corpus weight
- Porterfield
Porterfield
22,894 corpus weight
- poultice
poultice
22,893 corpus weight
- prattle
prattle
22,892 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Porterfield” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Porterfield |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Porterfield” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Porterfield is uncommon English at frequency #77,107 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Porterfield in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: From porter + field, a Scottish topographic surname from the hereditary lands owned by a porter. The correct English form is Porterfield, spelled P-O-R-T-E-R-F-I-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1A Scottish surname.
- 2A town and census-designated place therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.
- 3A suburb of Renfrew, Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4966).
Etymology
From porter + field, a Scottish topographic surname from the hereditary lands owned by a porter.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).