Stephenville
/ˈstiːvən.vɪl/
"stephenville" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stephenville” is uncommon English (frequency #96,515 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,515
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stephenville · Stephenville · English
Stephenville · rank #96,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,515
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH Stelios
Nearest frequency peer: Stelios (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Stephenville”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- spinney
spinney
3,495 corpus weight
- sportswoman
sportswoman
3,494 corpus weight
- Stelios
Stelios
3,487 corpus weight
- Stephenville
Stephenville
3,486 corpus weight
- Stihl
Stihl
3,483 corpus weight
- streamflow
streamflow
3,478 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Stephenville” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stephenville |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈstiːvən.vɪl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #96,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stephenville” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stephenville is uncommon English at frequency #96,515 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈstiːvən.vɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stephenville, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: The name of the town in Labrador is derived from Stephen + -ville. The community was named by Catholic missionary Thomas Sears after Stephen LeBlanc, the first child to be baptised in the community. The correct English form is Stephenville, spelled S-T-E-P-H-E-N-V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- 2A place in the United States:
- 3A place in the United States:
- 4A place in the United States:
Etymology
The name of the town in Labrador is derived from Stephen + -ville. The community was named by Catholic missionary Thomas Sears after Stephen LeBlanc, the first child to be baptised in the community.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.