# Suffolk

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsʌf.ək/ · frequency rank #12,688

## Definitions
1. A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
2. A neighbourhood of Andersonstown, West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2870).
3. An independent city in Virginia, United States, formerly in Nansemond County, Virginia.
4. Suffolk County.

## Etymology
From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”).

## Common misspellings (9)
`sfufolk`, `ssuffolk`, `sufflok`, `suffokl`, `suffolkk`, `suffollk`, `sufoflk`, `sufolk`, `usffolk`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/suffolk