Shrewsbury

/ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/

//ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi// name

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"shrewsbury" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Shrewsbury” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,574. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,574
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shrewsbury · Shrewsbury · English

Shrewsbury · rank #25,574 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,574
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH shockingly

Nearest frequency peer: shockingly (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Shrewsbury”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Shrewsbury” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Shrewsbury
PropertyValue
HeadwordShrewsbury
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,574
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Shrewsbury”

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).Shrewsburylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “shockingly” (#25,573), “sheik” (#25,572), “sensibilities” (#25,571). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Shrewsbury” is #25,574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Shrewsbury (IPA /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,574 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 18 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Shrewsbury, with forms such as "hsrewsbury", "sherwsbury", and "shhrewsbury". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”). The correct English form is Shrewsbury, spelled S-H-R-E-W-S-B-U-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.
  2. 2
    A civil parish with a town council which includes the town in Shropshire, which partly replaced Shrewsbury and Atcham District when it was abolished in 2009.
  3. 3
    A small hamlet in Chatham-Kent municipality, south-western Ontario, Canada.
  4. 4
    A ghost town in Gore township, Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  5. 5
    A hamlet in Portland parish, Jamaica.
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    An English earldom.

Etymology

From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsrewsbury
  • sherwsbury
  • shhrewsbury
  • shreswbury
  • shrewbsury
  • shrewsbbury
  • shrewsbruy
  • shrewsburry
  • shrewsburyy
  • shrewsbuyr
  • shrewssbury
  • shrewsubry
  • shrewwsbury
  • shrrewsbury
  • shrwesbury
  • srhewsbury
  • sshrewsbury

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Shrewsbury - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hsrewsbury2sherwsbury2shhrewsbury1shreswbury2shrewbsury2shrewsbbury1shrewsbruy2shrewsburry1
Edit distance from "Shrewsbury"

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 "Shrewsbury"?
"Shrewsbury" is spelled S-H-R-E-W-S-B-U-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/.
What does "Shrewsbury" mean?
As a proper noun, "Shrewsbury" means: A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.
What are common misspellings of "Shrewsbury"?
Common misspellings include "hsrewsbury", "sherwsbury", "shhrewsbury", "shreswbury", "shrewbsury". The correct spelling is "Shrewsbury".
How do you pronounce "Shrewsbury"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Shrewsbury" is /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Shrewsbury"?
From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”). 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 "Shrewsbury", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shockingly#25,573seamlessly#25,566schoolgirl#25,565stuttering#25,598

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list