Suffolk
/ˈsʌf.ək/
"suffolk" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Suffolk” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,688
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Suffolk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsʌf.ək/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Suffolk” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Suffolk (IPA /ˈsʌf.ək/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,688 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Suffolk, with forms such as "sfufolk", "ssuffolk", and "sufflok". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”). The correct English form is Suffolk, spelled S-U-F-F-O-L-K.
Definition
- 1A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
- 2A neighbourhood of Andersonstown, West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2870).
- 3An independent city in Virginia, United States, formerly in Nansemond County, Virginia.
- 4Suffolk County.
Etymology
From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sfufolk
- ssuffolk
- sufflok
- suffokl
- suffolkk
- suffollk
- sufoflk
- sufolk
- usffolk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Suffolk - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Suffolk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-F-F-O-L-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsʌf.ək/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.