Stilton
/ˈstɪltən/
"stilton" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stilton” is uncommon English (frequency #63,273 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,273
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).
Corpus desk
Index EN-stilton · Stilton · English
Stilton · rank #63,273 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,273
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stacker
Nearest frequency peer: stacker (-4 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 “Stilton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sputum
sputum
36,734 corpus weight
- squelch
squelch
36,733 corpus weight
- stacker
stacker
36,732 corpus weight
- Stilton
Stilton
36,728 corpus weight
- Stoppard
Stoppard
36,724 corpus weight
- storekeeper
storekeeper
36,722 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Stilton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stilton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɪltən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Stilton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Stilton is uncommon English at frequency #63,273 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈstɪltən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Stilton in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold. The correct English form is Stilton, spelled S-T-I-L-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).
- 2A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold.
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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