# Shaftesbury

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃæftsbɹɪ/ · frequency rank #43,367

## Definitions
1. A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623).
2. A community and ward in Newport, Wales.
3. An English earldom.

## Etymology
From Old English Sċeaftesburg.

## Common misspellings (18)
`hsaftesbury`, `sahftesbury`, `shafetsbury`, `shafftesbury`, `shaftebsury`, `shaftesbbury`, `shaftesbruy`, `shaftesburry`, `shaftesburyy`, `shaftesbuyr`, `shaftessbury`, `shaftesubry`, `shaftsebury`, `shafttesbury`, `shatfesbury`, `shfatesbury`, `shhaftesbury`, `sshaftesbury`

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