Rawlinson
/ˈɹɒlɪnsən/
"rawlinson" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rawlinson” is uncommon English (frequency #54,426 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,426
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rawlinson · Rawlinson · English
Rawlinson · rank #54,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,426
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rawson
Nearest frequency peer: Rawson (+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 “Rawlinson”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Raab
Raab
45,579 corpus weight
- Rajapaksa
Rajapaksa
45,578 corpus weight
- Rawlinson
Rawlinson
45,575 corpus weight
- Rawson
Rawson
45,574 corpus weight
- realness
realness
45,573 corpus weight
- reflexively
reflexively
45,570 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Rawlinson” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rawlinson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɒlɪnsən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Rawlinson” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Rawlinson is uncommon English at frequency #54,426 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɹɒlɪnsən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Rawlinson, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Ralph + -son. See also Rawle and Rawley. Doublet of Rawson. The correct English form is Rawlinson, spelled R-A-W-L-I-N-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Ralph + -son. See also Rawle and Rawley. Doublet of Rawson.
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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