# Pringle

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #32,983

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:

## Etymology
* (surname): Habitational, from a place near Stow Roxburghshire, formerly called Hop(p)ringle, from Middle English hop (“enclosed valley”) + a name of Old Norse origin composed of the byname Prjónn (“pin, peg”, cognate with English preen) + an unidentified second element.
* (borough of Pennsylvania): Named in honor of Thomas Pringle.
* (town in South Dakota): Started as a stage stop on the Sidney-Custer Trail, operated by Henry Pringle.

## Easily confused with
- **prince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prince-vs-pringle)

## Common misspellings (11)
`pirngle`, `ppringle`, `prignle`, `pringel`, `pringgle`, `pringlle`, `prinlge`, `prinngle`, `prnigle`, `prringle`, `rpingle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pringle