Tewkesbury
"tewkesbury" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tewkesbury” is uncommon English (frequency #66,344 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,344
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town in Gloucestershire, England.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tewkesbury |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tewkesbury” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tewkesbury is uncommon English at frequency #66,344 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Tewkesbury has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Likely from Old English personal name *Tēodec, genitive case *Tēodeces + byriġ, dative singular of burh (“fort”). However, tradition rooted in the ancient monastery in town claims descent of the first particle from Koine Greek Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “the God-… The correct English form is Tewkesbury, spelled T-E-W-K-E-S-B-U-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A town in Gloucestershire, England.
- 2A local government district with borough status in Gloucestershire, formed in 1974 and with its headquarters in the town.
- 3A locality in Burnie City Council, north western Tasmania, Australia.
Etymology
Likely from Old English personal name *Tēodec, genitive case *Tēodeces + byriġ, dative singular of burh (“fort”). However, tradition rooted in the ancient monastery in town claims descent of the first particle from Koine Greek Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “the God-bearer (the Virgin Mary)”).
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-W-K-E-S-B-U-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.