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sangamon

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "sangamon", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "sangamon" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "sangamon" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

Sangamon is aEnglishname. It means: A river originating in central Illinois, United States, a tributary to the Illinois River. Pronounced /ˈsæŋ(ɡ)əmən/.

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Key facts for Sangamon
PropertyValue
HeadwordSangamon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechName
IPA/ˈsæŋ(ɡ)əmən/
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Sangamon in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Sangamon is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsæŋ(ɡ)əmən/. Corpus data places it at rank #80,843 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Sangamon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Sangamon, spelled S-A-N-G-A-M-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    A river originating in central Illinois, United States, a tributary to the Illinois River.
  2. 2
    A township in Piatt County, Illinois.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Oakley Township, Macon County, Illinois.

Frequency rank: #80,843 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sangamon"?
"Sangamon" is spelled S-A-N-G-A-M-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsæŋ(ɡ)əmən/.
What does "Sangamon" mean?
As a name, "Sangamon" means: A river originating in central Illinois, United States, a tributary to the Illinois River.
How do you pronounce "Sangamon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sangamon" is /ˈsæŋ(ɡ)əmən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.