Scudamore
"scudamore" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Scudamore” is uncommon English (frequency #84,723 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,723
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scudamore · Scudamore · English
Scudamore · rank #84,723 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,723
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Scobie
Nearest frequency peer: Scobie (-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 “Scudamore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Saudia
Saudia
15,286 corpus weight
- Scobie
Scobie
15,280 corpus weight
- Scudamore
Scudamore
15,278 corpus weight
- SeaTac
SeaTac
15,276 corpus weight
- sectioning
sectioning
15,274 corpus weight
- selloff
selloff
15,271 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Scudamore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scudamore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Scudamore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Scudamore is uncommon English at frequency #84,723 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Old French.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Scudamore in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French escut d'amor (“shield of love”). The correct English form is Scudamore, spelled S-C-U-D-A-M-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old French.
Etymology
From Old French escut d'amor (“shield of love”).
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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