Shoreham

name

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"shoreham" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Shoreham” is uncommon English (frequency #53,248 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,248
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).

Corpus desk

Index EN-shoreham · Shoreham · English

Shoreham · rank #53,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,248
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Shimizu

Nearest frequency peer: Shimizu (-1 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 “Shoreham”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Shoreham” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Shoreham
PropertyValue
HeadwordShoreham
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,248
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Shoreham” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Shorehamfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Shimizu” (#53,247), “sherbet” (#53,246), “Siddhartha” (#53,250). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Shoreham” is #53,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Shoreham is uncommon English at frequency #53,248 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Shoreham in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English Sċorhām, from *scora (“shore”) + ham (“village, home, estate”). The correct English form is Shoreham, spelled S-H-O-R-E-H-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Shoreham-by-Sea: a coastal town and port in Adur district, West Sussex, England.
  3. 3
    A village in Berrien County, Michigan, United States.
  4. 4
    A village in Suffolk County, New York, United States.
  5. 5
    A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
  6. 6
    A coastal town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

From Old English Sċorhām, from *scora (“shore”) + ham (“village, home, estate”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Shoreham"?
"Shoreham" is spelled S-H-O-R-E-H-A-M.
What does "Shoreham" mean?
As a proper noun, "Shoreham" means: A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).
What is the origin of the word "Shoreham"?
From Old English Sċorhām, from *scora (“shore”) + ham (“village, home, estate”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Shoreham", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list