Redpath
"redpath" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Redpath” is uncommon English (frequency #83,669 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,669
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Old English.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Redpath |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Redpath” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Redpath is uncommon English at frequency #83,669 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Redpath doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname from a minor place in Berwickshire, from Old English rēad (“red”) + pæþ (“path, track”). The correct English form is Redpath, spelled R-E-D-P-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English.
- 2A small village south of Earlston, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Berwickshire (OS grid ref NT5835).
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Berwickshire, from Old English rēad (“red”) + pæþ (“path, track”).
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 “Redpath”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-D-P-A-T-H - 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.