Ticonderoga
/ˌtaɪ.kɒn.dəˈroʊ.ɡə/
"ticonderoga" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ticonderoga” is uncommon English (frequency #63,306 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,306
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town in New York, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ticonderoga · Ticonderoga · English
Ticonderoga · rank #63,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,306
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH tiebreak
Nearest frequency peer: tiebreak (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ticonderoga”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- telekinetic
telekinetic
36,699 corpus weight
- Thein
Thein
36,698 corpus weight
- Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
36,695 corpus weight
- tiebreak
tiebreak
36,694 corpus weight
- tillage
tillage
36,692 corpus weight
- timidly
timidly
36,691 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ticonderoga” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ticonderoga |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌtaɪ.kɒn.dəˈroʊ.ɡə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ticonderoga” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ticonderoga is uncommon English at frequency #63,306 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌtaɪ.kɒn.dəˈroʊ.ɡə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ticonderoga in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mohawk tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways". The correct English form is Ticonderoga, spelled T-I-C-O-N-D-E-R-O-G-A.
Definition
- 1A town in New York, United States.
- 2A hamlet and census-designated place within that town.
- 3A fortification within that town: Fort Ticonderoga.
- 4The Battle of Ticonderoga: any of several battles that happened there.
Etymology
From Mohawk tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways".
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.