# Stanford

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstænfəɹd/ · frequency rank #7,400

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A private university in Santa Clara County, California.
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16. A small village in the Western Cape province, South Africa.

## Etymology
Various placenames from Old English stān (“stone”) + ford (“ford”).
* (The university): Named after the son of railroad magnate Leland Stanford.

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

## Common misspellings (13)
`satnford`, `sstanford`, `stafnord`, `stanfford`, `stanfodr`, `stanfordd`, `stanforrd`, `stanfrod`, `stannford`, `stanofrd`, `stnaford`, `sttanford`, `tsanford`

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