Punxsutawney
/ˌpʌŋksəˈtɔːni/
"punxsutawney" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Punxsutawney” is uncommon English (frequency #85,676 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,676
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A borough southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States, known for its annual Groundhog Day celebration.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Punxsutawney |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌpʌŋksəˈtɔːni/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #85,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Punxsutawney” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Punxsutawney is uncommon English at frequency #85,676 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌpʌŋksəˈtɔːni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A borough southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States, known for its annual Groundhog Day celebration.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Punxsutawney in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Unami Punkwsutènay (literally “mosquito town”). The correct English form is Punxsutawney, spelled P-U-N-X-S-U-T-A-W-N-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A borough southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States, known for its annual Groundhog Day celebration.
Etymology
Borrowed from Unami Punkwsutènay (literally “mosquito town”).
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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Using “Punxsutawney”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-U-N-X-S-U-T-A-W-N-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.