Stonehaven

Name: Stonehaven, English Word Data
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/ˈstəʊnˈheɪvən/

//ˈstəʊnˈheɪvən// name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Stonehaven” is uncommon English (frequency #70,296 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,296
frequency rank, English: 54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A coastal town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland. It was the county town of Kincardineshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NO8786).

Key facts for Stonehaven
Property	Value
Headword	Stonehaven
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	/ˈstəʊnˈheɪvən/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#70,296
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Stonehaven” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Stonehaven lands here:

#70,296

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stonehaven is uncommon English at frequency #70,296 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈstəʊnˈheɪvən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Stonehaven 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, stone + haven. The correct English form is Stonehaven, spelled S-T-O-N-E-H-A-V-E-N.

Definition

1
A coastal town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland. It was the county town of Kincardineshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NO8786).
2
A small settlement west of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
3
A rural community of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
4
An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
5
A neighbourhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

Etymology

By surface analysis, stone + haven.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stonehaven"?

"Stonehaven" is spelled S-T-O-N-E-H-A-V-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈstəʊnˈheɪvən/.

What does "Stonehaven" mean?

As a proper noun, "Stonehaven" means: A coastal town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland. It was the county town of Kincardineshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NO8786).

How do you pronounce "Stonehaven"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stonehaven" is /ˈstəʊnˈheɪvən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "Stonehaven"?

By surface analysis, stone + haven. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Stonehaven”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is S-T-O-N-E-H-A-V-E-N - 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.