Stansfield
/ˈstænsfiːld/
"stansfield" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stansfield” is uncommon English (frequency #69,462 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,462
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A habitational surname from Old English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stansfield · Stansfield · English
Stansfield · rank #69,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,462
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH speeder
Nearest frequency peer: speeder (-2 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 “Stansfield”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sowerby
Sowerby
30,544 corpus weight
- speeder
speeder
30,541 corpus weight
- Stansfield
Stansfield
30,539 corpus weight
- stigmatizat…
stigmatization
30,537 corpus weight
- stim
stim
30,535 corpus weight
- straightener
straightener
30,532 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Stansfield” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stansfield |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈstænsfiːld/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Stansfield” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Stansfield is uncommon English at frequency #69,462 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈstænsfiːld/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Stansfield in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English stan (“stone”) + feld (“field”). The correct English form is Stansfield, spelled S-T-A-N-S-F-I-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1A habitational surname from Old English.
- 2A small village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grrid ref TL7852).
Etymology
From Old English stan (“stone”) + feld (“field”).
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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