Southampton

/saʊθˈæmptən/

//saʊθˈæmptən// name

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"southampton" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Southampton” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,542
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.

Corpus desk

Index EN-southampton · Southampton · English

Southampton · rank #9,542 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,542
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Solomon

Nearest frequency peer: Solomon (-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 “Southampton”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Southampton” 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 Southampton
PropertyValue
HeadwordSouthampton
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/saʊθˈæmptən/
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,542
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Southampton”

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).Southamptonlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Solomon” (#9,541), “spoil” (#9,543), “sofa” (#9,540). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Southampton” is #9,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Southampton (IPA /saʊθˈæmptən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,542 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Southampton, with forms such as "osuthampton", "sotuhampton", and "souhtampton". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English Sūþhāmtūn. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Hantone and Hantune. The correct English form is Southampton, spelled S-O-U-T-H-A-M-P-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.
  2. 2
    Hampshire.
  3. 3
    A barony in the peerage of Great Britain.
  4. 4
    A place in Canada:
  5. 5
    A place in Canada:
  6. 6
    A place in Canada:
  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 number of places in the United States:
  12. 12
    A number of places in the United States:
  13. 13
    A number of places in the United States:
  14. 14
    A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  15. 15
    A parish in Bermuda.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Standing in the dock at Southampton Trying to get to Holland or France
  2. And it's not just freight that arrives here. I notice several massive passenger liners, looking more like floating blocks of flats rather than the elegant ships from the days when 'POSH' was coined. The arrival of just one of these behemoths can swamp Southampton station with passengers and luggage, but not today.

Etymology

From Old English Sūþhāmtūn. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Hantone and Hantune.

This word in other languages

Southampton(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuthampton
  • sotuhampton
  • souhtampton
  • soutahmpton
  • southammpton
  • southampotn
  • southamppton
  • southamptno
  • southamptonn
  • southamptton
  • southamtpon
  • southapmton
  • southhampton
  • southmapton
  • soutthampton
  • ssouthampton
  • suothampton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osuthampton2sotuhampton2souhtampton2soutahmpton2southammpton1southampotn2southamppton1southamptno2
Edit distance from "Southampton"

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 "Southampton"?
"Southampton" is spelled S-O-U-T-H-A-M-P-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /saʊθˈæmptən/.
What does "Southampton" mean?
As a proper noun, "Southampton" means: A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.
What are common misspellings of "Southampton"?
Common misspellings include "osuthampton", "sotuhampton", "souhtampton", "soutahmpton", "southammpton". The correct spelling is "Southampton".
How do you pronounce "Southampton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Southampton" is /saʊθˈæmptən/. 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 "Southampton"?
From Old English Sūþhāmtūn. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Hantone and Hantune. 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 "Southampton", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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