# Sainsbury

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,466

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from the village of Saintbury, in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).

## Easily confused with
- **Salisbury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sainsbury-vs-salisbury)

## Common misspellings (14)
`asinsbury`, `sainbsury`, `sainnsbury`, `sainsbbury`, `sainsbruy`, `sainsburry`, `sainsburyy`, `sainsbuyr`, `sainssbury`, `sainsubry`, `saisnbury`, `sanisbury`, `siansbury`, `ssainsbury`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sainsbury