# Stamford

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #16,357

## Definitions
1. A town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.
2. A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).
3. A hamlet in Rennington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2219)
4. A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
5. A village in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States.
6. A town and village in Delaware County, New York, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, South Dakota, United States.
8. A city in Jones County and Haskell County, Texas, United States.
9. A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.

## Etymology
An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

## Easily confused with
- **Stanford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamford-vs-stanford)
- **Stratford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamford-vs-stratford)
- **Sanford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanford-vs-stamford)
- **Salford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salford-vs-stamford)
- **Stafford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stafford-vs-stamford)

## Common misspellings (13)
`satmford`, `sstamford`, `stafmord`, `stamfford`, `stamfodr`, `stamfordd`, `stamforrd`, `stamfrod`, `stammford`, `stamofrd`, `stmaford`, `sttamford`, `tsamford`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stamford