Schiphol
"schiphol" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Schiphol” is uncommon English (frequency #62,483 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,483
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An international airport in North Holland, Netherlands, serving the city of Amsterdam, and the main international airport of the Netherlands.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schiphol · Schiphol · English
Schiphol · rank #62,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,483
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH SCE
Nearest frequency peer: SCE (-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 “Schiphol”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sauvage
Sauvage
37,522 corpus weight
- scamper
scamper
37,521 corpus weight
- SCE
SCE
37,520 corpus weight
- Schiphol
Schiphol
37,518 corpus weight
- scoped
scoped
37,515 corpus weight
- Scorpius
Scorpius
37,514 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Schiphol” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schiphol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Schiphol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Schiphol is uncommon English at frequency #62,483 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An international airport in North Holland, Netherlands, serving the city of Amsterdam, and the main international airport of the Netherlands.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schiphol, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Dutch Schiphol. The correct English form is Schiphol, spelled S-C-H-I-P-H-O-L.
Definition
- 1An international airport in North Holland, Netherlands, serving the city of Amsterdam, and the main international airport of the Netherlands.
Etymology
From Dutch Schiphol.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).