# Sherwood

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃɝwʊd/ · frequency rank #15,699

## Definitions
1. An English habitational surname from Old English derived from Sherwood Forest.
2. A northern suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5432)
3. A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5643).
4. A suburb of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3164)
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## Etymology
From Old English scīr + wudu (“forest”). The first element is either the ancestor of the modern noun shire, or an adjective meaning "bright" (ancestor to the modern word sheer), depending on the specific placename (listed below).

## Common misspellings (12)
`hserwood`, `sehrwood`, `sherowod`, `sherrwood`, `sherwod`, `sherwodo`, `sherwoodd`, `sherwwood`, `shewrood`, `shherwood`, `shrewood`, `ssherwood`

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