Shuttleworth
"shuttleworth" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shuttleworth” is uncommon English (frequency #69,446 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,446
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD805175).
Corpus desk
Index EN-shuttleworth · Shuttleworth · English
Shuttleworth · rank #69,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,446
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH shoji
Nearest frequency peer: shoji (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Shuttleworth”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- shitshow
shitshow
30,558 corpus weight
- Shmuel
Shmuel
30,557 corpus weight
- shoji
shoji
30,556 corpus weight
- Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
30,555 corpus weight
- shying
shying
30,554 corpus weight
- sleepwear
sleepwear
30,553 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Shuttleworth” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shuttleworth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Shuttleworth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Shuttleworth is uncommon English at frequency #69,446 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Shuttleworth in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English sċyttel (“bar, bolt”) + worþ (“enclosure”). The correct English form is Shuttleworth, spelled S-H-U-T-T-L-E-W-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD805175).
- 2A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
From Old English sċyttel (“bar, bolt”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Shuttleworth", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.