# Sheffield

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃɛfiːld/ · frequency rank #8,202

## Definitions
1. A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
2. A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
3. A hamlet in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4526).
4. A town in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.
5. A small village in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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15. A habitational surname from Old English.
16. knife, switchblade.

## Etymology
From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from Old English scēaþ (“boundary”), + Old English feld (“field, open land”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`hseffield`, `sehffield`, `sheffeild`, `sheffiedl`, `sheffieldd`, `sheffielld`, `sheffiled`, `shefield`, `shefifeld`, `shfefield`, `shheffield`, `ssheffield`

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