Safford

name

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"safford" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Safford” is uncommon English (frequency #80,838 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,838
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-safford · Safford · English

Safford · rank #80,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,838
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sain

Nearest frequency peer: sain (+2 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 “Safford”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Safford” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Safford
PropertyValue
HeadwordSafford
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Safford” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Saffordfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “sain” (#80,840), “ruggedness” (#80,834), “Rudge” (#80,833). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Safford” is #80,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Safford is uncommon English at frequency #80,838 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Safford, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Seaford. The correct English form is Safford, spelled S-A-F-F-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A city, the county seat of Graham County, Arizona, United States.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama, United States.

Etymology

Variant of Seaford.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Safford"?
"Safford" is spelled S-A-F-F-O-R-D.
What does "Safford" mean?
As a proper noun, "Safford" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "Safford"?
Variant of Seaford. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Safford", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Saoirse#80,846Schiavo#80,854scythes#80,859recusal#80,801

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list