Strabane
"strabane" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Strabane” is uncommon English (frequency #76,364 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,364
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 3497).
Corpus desk
Index EN-strabane · Strabane · English
Strabane · rank #76,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,364
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stodgy
Nearest frequency peer: stodgy (-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 “Strabane”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Staci
Staci
23,640 corpus weight
- stepchild
stepchild
23,639 corpus weight
- stodgy
stodgy
23,638 corpus weight
- Strabane
Strabane
23,637 corpus weight
- Stretford
Stretford
23,636 corpus weight
- subtractive
subtractive
23,633 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Strabane” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Strabane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Strabane” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Strabane is uncommon English at frequency #76,364 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Strabane doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Srath Bán, literally "White Valley". The correct English form is Strabane, spelled S-T-R-A-B-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1A town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 3497).
- 2An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Etymology
From Irish Srath Bán, literally "White Valley".
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).