Steubenville
/ˈst(j)ubənvɪl/
"steubenville" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Steubenville” is uncommon English (frequency #56,466 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,466
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-steubenville · Steubenville · English
Steubenville · rank #56,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,466
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stepsister
Nearest frequency peer: stepsister (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Steubenville”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Staggers
Staggers
43,537 corpus weight
- stepsister
stepsister
43,536 corpus weight
- Steubenville
Steubenville
43,535 corpus weight
- Stradivarius
Stradivarius
43,534 corpus weight
- strategize
strategize
43,533 corpus weight
- Studebaker
Studebaker
43,531 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Steubenville” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Steubenville” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Steubenville is uncommon English at frequency #56,466 among 6,566 “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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