Somerville

/ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl/

//ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl// name

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

The verdict

“Somerville” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,096
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Scottish surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-somerville · Somerville · English

Somerville · rank #29,096 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,096
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH soloist

Nearest frequency peer: soloist (-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 “Somerville”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Somerville” 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 Somerville
PropertyValue
HeadwordSomerville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl/
Letters10
Frequency rank#29,096
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Somerville”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Somervillelands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “soloist” (#29,095), “soreness” (#29,097), “soleil” (#29,094). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Somerville” is #29,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Somerville (IPA /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,096 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Somerville, with forms such as "osmerville", "smoerville", and "soemrville". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Somer + -ville. The correct English form is Somerville, spelled S-O-M-E-R-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A Scottish surname.
  2. 2
    A township in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:
  6. 6
    A number of places in the United States:
  7. 7
    A number of places in the United States:
  8. 8
    A number of places in the United States:
  9. 9
    A number of places in the United States:
  10. 10
    A number of places in the United States:
  11. 11
    A crater in the eastern part of the Moon.
  12. 12
    Ellipsis of Somerville College, Oxford.
  13. 13
    Ellipsis of Somerville College Boat Club.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Somerville appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There’s a YIMBY group in Somerville, Massachusetts, and one in Los Angeles; there’s a San Francisco YIMBY party and a YIMBY group in Portland. YIMBYtown, a national conference, will take place in Oakland this month; Helsinki is hosting Yimbycon in August.
  2. While at school, he worked in […] the disgusting slush of Boston’s outer suburbs. He got accustomed to driving all day to a job site, working, and then driving the winding roads and blind curves to Somerville, only to wake up and do it again the next morning.

Etymology

From Somer + -ville.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osmerville
  • smoerville
  • soemrville
  • somerivlle
  • somerrville
  • somervile
  • somervilel
  • somervlile
  • somervville
  • somevrille
  • sommerville
  • somreville
  • ssomerville

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Somerville - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osmerville2smoerville2soemrville2somerivlle2somerrville1somervile1somervilel2somervlile2
Edit distance from "Somerville"

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 "Somerville"?
"Somerville" is spelled S-O-M-E-R-V-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl/.
What does "Somerville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Somerville" means: A Scottish surname.
What are common misspellings of "Somerville"?
Common misspellings include "osmerville", "smoerville", "soemrville", "somerivlle", "somerrville". The correct spelling is "Somerville".
How do you pronounce "Somerville"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Somerville" is /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl/. 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 "Somerville"?
From Somer + -ville. 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 "Somerville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list