# Telford

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,450

## Definitions
1. A characteristical surname.
2. A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford (OS grid ref SJ7008).
3. A locality in the Shire of Moira, Victoria, Australia.
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:

## Etymology
From Old French taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'.
* (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.

## Easily confused with
- **tenfold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/telford-vs-tenfold)

## Common misspellings (11)
`etlford`, `teflord`, `telfford`, `telfodr`, `telfordd`, `telforrd`, `telfrod`, `tellford`, `telofrd`, `tleford`, `ttelford`

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