Stroudsburg

name

"stroudsburg" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Stroudsburg” is uncommon English (frequency #77,244 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,244
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A borough, the county seat of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Key facts for Stroudsburg
PropertyValue
HeadwordStroudsburg
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,244
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Stroudsburg” 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). Stroudsburg lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

Stroudsburg is uncommon English at frequency #77,244 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A borough, the county seat of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Stroudsburg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the surname Stroud + -s- + -burg. The correct English form is Stroudsburg, spelled S-T-R-O-U-D-S-B-U-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A borough, the county seat of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Etymology

From the surname Stroud + -s- + -burg.

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 "Stroudsburg"?
"Stroudsburg" is spelled S-T-R-O-U-D-S-B-U-R-G.
What does "Stroudsburg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stroudsburg" means: A borough, the county seat of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.
What is the origin of the word "Stroudsburg"?
From the surname Stroud + -s- + -burg. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Stroudsburg”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-O-U-D-S-B-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list