Steubenville
/ˈst(j)ubənvɪl/
"steubenville" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Steubenville” is uncommon English (frequency #56,466 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,466
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steubenville |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈst(j)ubənvɪl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Steubenville” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Steubenville is uncommon English at frequency #56,466 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈst(j)ubənvɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Steubenville in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Steuben + -ville, after Fort Steuben, which was named after Prussian army officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), who participated in the American Revolution. The correct English form is Steubenville, spelled S-T-E-U-B-E-N-V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
- 2An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana, United States.
Etymology
From Steuben + -ville, after Fort Steuben, which was named after Prussian army officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), who participated in the American Revolution.
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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Using “Steubenville”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-T-E-U-B-E-N-V-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.