Sidmouth
/ˈsɪdməθ/
"sidmouth" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sidmouth” is uncommon English (frequency #76,336 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,336
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A locality in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sidmouth · Sidmouth · English
Sidmouth · rank #76,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,336
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sightedness
Nearest frequency peer: sightedness (+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 “Sidmouth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Shikoku
Shikoku
23,672 corpus weight
- shiller
shiller
23,671 corpus weight
- Sidmouth
Sidmouth
23,665 corpus weight
- sightedness
sightedness
23,664 corpus weight
- signore
signore
23,663 corpus weight
- sisal
sisal
23,660 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Sidmouth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sidmouth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪdməθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Sidmouth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Sidmouth is uncommon English at frequency #76,336 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈsɪdməθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sidmouth in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: At the mouth of the River Sid: Sid + mouth. The correct English form is Sidmouth, spelled S-I-D-M-O-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1A locality in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- 2A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY1287).
Etymology
At the mouth of the River Sid: Sid + mouth.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).