Teddington
/ˈtɛdɪŋtən/
"teddington" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Teddington” is uncommon English (frequency #60,510 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,510
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A suburb of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south-west Greater London, historically in Middlesex on the north side of the River Thames (but actually west of it) (OS grid ref TQ1671).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Teddington |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛdɪŋtən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Teddington” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Teddington is uncommon English at frequency #60,510 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈtɛdɪŋtən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Teddington has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Teddington, spelled T-E-D-D-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A suburb of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south-west Greater London, historically in Middlesex on the north side of the River Thames (but actually west of it) (OS grid ref TQ1671).
- 2A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9633).
- 3A small settlement on Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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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- The one correct English spelling is T-E-D-D-I-N-G-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.